Latest Fact-Checks In Veterans

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 21, 2015 an online interview with "The Daily Show"
Since 2009, "we've cut homelessness (among veterans) by a third."
Mostly True
By Kirby Wilson • July 28, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2015 comments on ABC's This Week.
Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets."
False
By Linda Qiu • July 21, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2015 a speech in New Hampshire
"Nationally, the unemployment rate for veterans is far greater than the national unemployment rate," and Wisconsin is "one of those rare examples where unemployment is actually lower for veterans than it is for the population as a whole and certainly lower than it is nationally." 
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • June 23, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 16, 2015 a speech at the Iowa GOP Lincoln Day dinner
"One person has been fired" at the Veterans Administration for withholding services.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 22, 2015
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on February 2, 2015 an Associated Press news story
"When you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem."
Mostly True
By April Hunt • February 27, 2015
Robert McDonald
Robert McDonald
stated on February 15, 2015 an appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
"Nine hundred people have been fired since I became secretary (of Veterans Affairs). We’ve got 60 people that we fired who have manipulated wait times."
False
By Steve Contorno • February 20, 2015
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary
"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on September 19, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Mary Landrieu voted to fund benefits for illegal immigrants ahead of veterans.
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • September 25, 2014
Rhue Reis
Rhue Reis
stated on September 7, 2014 a TV debate
"You have 200,000 to 400,000 military veterans on the street in this country on any given day."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 16, 2014
Concerned Veterans for America
Concerned Veterans for America
stated on July 25, 2014 a television ad
Says Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, "skipped an important VA reform hearing to attend three fundraisers."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 30, 2014
Concerned Veterans for America
Concerned Veterans for America
stated on July 25, 2014 a television ad
Says Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, missed "79 percent of veterans affairs committee hearings."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 30, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 27, 2014 her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention
Dan Patrick was the only state senator "who voted against the Veteran Entrepreneurship Program, a program that assists veterans in successfully starting up their own businesses."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 3, 2014
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on June 5, 2014 a statement on his website
"Only after news broke that our veterans are dying because of inadequate health care did Harry Reid and Senate Democrats take action."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 16, 2014
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 2, 2014 a news release
"Congressman Duffy has long record of voting against VA backlog fixes."  
False
By James B. Nelson • June 16, 2014
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 2, 2014 a press release
"Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen has long record of voting against VA backlog fixes."
False
By Amy Sherman • June 6, 2014
David Scott
David Scott
stated on May 27, 2014 WABE
"We’ve got an average of 5,600 soldiers committing suicide. That’s about 20 a day."
Half-True
By April Hunt • June 6, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 30, 2014 messages on the Internet
Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day.
Pants on Fire!
By Shannon Beckham • May 30, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on May 23, 2014 a tweet
41,200 veterans in Florida "don’t have health care because Scott didn’t expand Medicaid."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2014
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle
stated on May 21, 2014 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News
Obamacare is "one big fat VA system."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 22, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 18, 2014 a discussion on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Congress has cut funding, has slashed funding, for veterans' benefits over these last years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2014
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