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Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on January 26, 2016 an interview:
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 22, 2016 a campaign email:
Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Hillary Clinton called Barack Obama "naive" for saying he was would "sit down and talk to the Iranians" during the 2008 Democratic primary.  
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By Lauren Carroll • January 17, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 24, 2015 a radio interview in New Hampshire:
Says there are "ample means" to "tell when someone is a Christian in the Middle East ... by name, by where they’re born, their birth certificates."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2015 a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations:
"The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 30, 2015 remarks during a campaign event in Sioux City, Iowa:
North Korea "has over two-dozen nuclear warheads."
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By Jason Noble • November 14, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 29, 2015 an interview on CNN:
"There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Clayton Youngman • November 4, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 22, 2015 an op-ed in Breitbart:
"Even after Syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, Clinton labeled Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer.' "  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • October 23, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 15, 2015 a radio interview:
Israel has seen a "90 percent reduction in terrorist attacks" that it attributes to building a 500-mile fence.
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By Sarah Hauer • October 2, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 16, 2015 comments on the CNN debate:
"We've just now given over $100 billion" to Iran, "the equivalent in U.S. terms is $5 trillion."  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2015
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 an interview on CNN.:
"Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2015 an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says "if the (Iran nuclear) deal gets rejected, they still get" $150 billion.
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By Lauren Carroll • August 16, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 19, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
The Iran deal "violates promises the president made to the American people." ... "It is not an anytime, anywhere inspection process."  
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By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on July 14, 2015 an op-ed:
"Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2015 remarks at the White House:
Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2015
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union":
"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.
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By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 2015
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on May 5, 2015 remarks at the Institute for New Economic Thinking:
Proposed fast-track legislation allows presidents to "easily use a future trade deal to override our domestic financial rules."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • May 14, 2015
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on April 12, 2015 an interview:
Says Hillary Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2015
Kirsten Powers
Kirsten Powers
stated on April 12, 2015 a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Rand Paul denied that he "put forward a bill ... to zero out foreign aid and specifically spoke about Israel."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2015
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