Latest Fact-Checks In Afghanistan

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Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on December 14, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 14, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
The United States is at "historic record highs" of individuals being apprehended on the border from countries with terrorist ties such as "Pakistan or Afghanistan or Syria."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • August 3, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices"
By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
True
By Lauren Carroll • June 11, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show"
In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 10, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 24, 2014 a chain email
"More than 1,000 American soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan in the last 27 months. This is more than the combined total of the nine years before."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2014
David Alameel
David Alameel
stated on February 7, 2014 an email blast
"More than 40,000 troops are still stationed in Afghanistan with no clear objective. Even in the best case, by the end of the year at least 10,000 American soldiers will still be on the ground."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2014
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on January 12, 2014 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We have been in Afghanistan longer now than we have been in any foreign land conducting a war in our nation’s history."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 12, 2014
John Scocos
John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 a statement
"There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."  
True
September 29, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 16, 2013 a tweet
"The FL Guard has defended our freedom in Afghanistan, Iraq, and put their lives at risk; now the fed govt is going to cut their pay 20%."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2013
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on May 5, 2013 television interview
Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost every U.S. family $45,000.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • May 13, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on May 1, 2013 remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.
Says only about 250 Texans have been killed in action since 9/11.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 9, 2012 an appearance on 'This Week.'
Says he and Mitt Romney "always said that we agree with the 2014 deadline" for leaving Afghanistan.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • September 11, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on August 28, 2012 a TV debate
"We will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, fixing roads, building bridges, training police officers, and more, [and] cutting the same things in our own country."
False
By Tom Mooney • September 5, 2012
BillHislam.com
BillHislam.com
stated on August 27, 2012 a Web posting
Says that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam "has made it clear by his repeated actions that he will pursue a policy that promotes the interest of Islamist (sic) and their radical ideology as long as he is governor."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Locker • August 27, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on February 24, 2012 a speech
Rhode Island has the "the second-most heavily deployed National Guard in the United States."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 2, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 15, 2012 a campaign commercial
"When Marcy Kaptur brought home $42 million for new manufacturing jobs, Dennis Kucinich voted 'no'."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • February 24, 2012
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on December 14, 2011 a speech welcoming home troops at Fort Bragg.
Says President Obama "helped more than half a million veterans and military family members go to college through the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • December 19, 2011
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2011 a letter posted on a blog
Says an amendment specifying when military members may use deadly force "does nothing to change existing rules of engagement for American service members."
True
By Lynn Arditi • September 18, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 1, 2011 an e-mail to supporters about his opposition to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
"$360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the Taliban."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2011
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 6, 2011 an interview on NPR’s “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin
Says for the first time in the history of the United States, the government cut taxes during wartime
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • July 14, 2011
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