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Steve Phelps
stated on July 10, 2012

"NASCAR fans are twice as likely as non fans to serve in the military and 37 percent of active servicemembers and veterans are NASCAR fans."

By Willoughby Mariano • August 17, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.

"When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It's now 17 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2012

Sherrod Brown
stated on January 18, 2012 a news release

"More than one in five of veterans aged 20 to 24 can’t find a job to support their family or to ease the transition to civilian life."

By Tom Feran • January 23, 2012

Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Today Show"

In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.

By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2011

Joe Biden
stated on October 21, 2011 a talk at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H.

In Libya, "America spent $2 billion total and didn’t lose a single life."

By Jake Berry • November 3, 2011

Randy Forbes
stated on October 12, 2011 a web ad.

"1.53 million jobs are at risk (from potential defense cuts)."

By Sean Gorman • October 29, 2011

Ron Paul
stated on September 30, 2011 remarks at Politics & Eggs forum in Manchester, N.H.

Every month since 9/11, there have been as many suicide attacks against the United States and its allies as there were in all the years leading up to 9/11.

By Maryalice Gill • October 24, 2011

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."

By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2011

Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa

The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world."

By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011

Jack Conners
stated on July 16, 2011 an opinion column in the Times of Trenton

"Almost 88,000 United States service members are still missing and unaccounted for, dating back to World War II."

By Erin O'Neill • August 8, 2011

Randy Forbes
stated on July 25, 2011 an opinion column.

"As a percentage of our gross domestic product, the defense budget remains just 3.6 percent. This figure is low by all historical standards."

By Sean Gorman • August 5, 2011

Cliff Stearns
stated on July 6, 2011 a press release

"Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts."

By Bill Thompson • July 26, 2011

Allen West
stated on June 20, 2011 a Fox News interview

In the first 24 to 36 hours of the operation in Libya, "you saw $115 million go downrange because a Tomahawk cruise missile is a little over $1 million each."

By Amy Sherman • June 27, 2011

Joe Morrissey
stated on February 2, 2011 a floor speech.

The military has spent $500 million enforcing the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy regarding gays and lesbians in the military.

By Jacob Geiger • February 7, 2011

Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"

"The American people say, don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense. That's 84 percent of the federal budget."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011

Rand Paul
stated on November 7, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"

"The interest on the debt now is going to approach in the next couple of years ... what we spend in the national defense budget."

By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on July 22, 2010 remarks at a bill signing

The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK."

By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2010

Joe Lieberman
stated on May 6, 2010 a press conference

The president can "authorize the killing of a U.S. citizen who fights for a foreign terrorist organization."

By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2010

Robert Gates
stated on April 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"

"The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops."

April 12, 2010

Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos'

"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."

November 30, 2009

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