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Richard Clarke
stated on April 26, 2015 a panel on ABC "This Week"

Said President Barack Obama "said he was going to stop (signature strikes)."

By Lauren Carroll • April 28, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at CPAC

U.S. military involvement in Libya "allowed thousands of surface-to-air missiles to fall into the hands of radical Islamists."

By Lauren Carroll • March 9, 2015

CNN
stated on February 18, 2015 a graphic on CNN Newsroom

"ISIS lures women with kittens, nutella."

By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2015 a radio interview

ISIS is "now the predominant Islamist group in Benghazi."

By Joshua Gillin • February 19, 2015

John McCain
stated on January 13, 2015 a press conference

"About 30 percent" of those released from Guantanamo "have re-entered the fight."

By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2015

Jonathan Turley
stated on January 11, 2015 a "Washington Post" op-ed

The Obama administration "supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard."

By Jon Greenberg • January 14, 2015

Dick Cheney
stated on December 10, 2014 an interview on Fox News

Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment."

By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2014

Dick Cheney
stated on September 24, 2014 a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News

"We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army."

By Jon Greenberg • October 6, 2014

Ralph Peters
stated on September 24, 2014 an interview on "America's Newsroom"

Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties."

By Katie Sanders • September 25, 2014

Trent Franks
stated on September 12, 2014 a phone conference

"It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)"

By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2014

Chris Matthews
stated on September 10, 2014 a broadcast on MSNBC

Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS."

By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2014

Ending Spending Action Fund
stated on August 4, 2014 television attack ad

Michelle Nunn’s "foundation directed grants to an Islamic group tied to radical terrorists."

By Nancy Badertscher • August 8, 2014

Joy Reid
stated on August 4, 2014 comments on her MSNBC show

"So far, the war in Gaza has left more than 1,800 Palestinians dead -- the population equivalent to 100 9/11s."

By Derek Tsang • August 7, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on June 1, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists."

By Steve Contorno • June 1, 2014

Cokie Roberts
stated on May 4, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

In discussing the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "Ms. Rice did say 'a terrorist attack.' It’s not that she put the whole thing on the video."

By Julie Kliegman • May 4, 2014

Ted Yoho
stated on September 4, 2013 an interview on Fox Business Network

Chemical weapons have been used "probably 20 times" since the Persian Gulf War.

By Becky Bowers • September 10, 2013

Democratic National Committee
stated on May 24, 2013 an email to supporters

"Republicans actually doctored emails between administration officials about Benghazi. Then, they released them to the press, trying to pass them off as real."

By Becky Bowers • June 4, 2013

Rand Paul
stated on May 19, 2013 an appearance on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’

Says Hillary Clinton "was asked repeatedly to provide security in Benghazi on several occasions, including direct cables."

By Becky Bowers • May 22, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2013 a press availability

"Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of" the Benghazi incident.

By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2013

Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2013 a White House press briefing

When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida might be involved, or other al-Qaida affiliates might be involved, or non-al-Qaida Libyan extremists, which I think demonstrates that there was no effort to play that down."

By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2013

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