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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 6, 2009 remarks from the White House
"History tells us that job growth always lags behind economic growth."
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November 9, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 21, 2009 interview on "Late Night with David Letterman"
"FDR was called a socialist and a communist."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 22, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2009 an interview on Meet the Press
"Mathematically, the White Sox can still get in the playoffs."
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By Bill Adair • September 20, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 a speech to a joint session of Congress
"The claim ... that we plan to set up panels of bureaucrats with the power to  kill off senior citizens ... is a lie, plain and simple."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 a speech to Congress
If you "already have health insurance through your job, or Medicare, or Medicaid, or the VA, nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall meeting.
The health care plan for members of Congress "is no better than the janitor who cleans their offices."
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By Catharine Richert • August 11, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 9, 2009 a statement at the White House
"In the first round of repayments"  from financial institutions that received TARP money, "the government has actually turned a profit."
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June 10, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2009 a speech.
"Nobody has ever escaped from one of our federal 'supermax' prisons."
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By Catharine Richert • May 21, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 29, 2009 a press conference
Washing your hands and covering your mouth when you cough "makes a huge difference" in reducing transmission of the flu.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 30, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 29, 2009 a news conference
In Iraq, "civilian deaths, incidents of bombings, etc., remain very low relative to what was going on last year."
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April 30, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 27, 2009 a speech at the White House.
"2008 was the deadliest year of the war (in Afghanistan) for American forces."
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By Alexander Lane • March 31, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 22, 2009 a television interview
"Warren (Buffett) still does support me."
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By Alexander Lane • March 23, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2009 a White House conference on health care.
"Teddy Roosevelt first called for (health care) reform nearly a century ago."
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By Alexander Lane • March 5, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 17, 2009 a bill signing ceremony in Denver.
"We are making the largest investment in education in our nation’s history."
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By Alexander Lane • February 27, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 9, 2009 a news conference
"Putting three Republicans in my Cabinet...is unprecedented."
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February 10, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
Medicare spends "$15-billion a year on subsidies to insurance companies."
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October 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 Hempstead, N.Y.
"98 percent of small businesses make less than $250,000" and would not see a tax increase under Barack Obama's plan.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Under Barack Obama's health care proposal, "if you've got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"Two years ago...I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke, and told them [subprime lending] is something we have to deal with."
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By Alexander Lane • October 8, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"Senator McCain has been talking tough about earmarks, and that's good, but earmarks account for about $18-billion of our budget."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Shawn Zeller • October 7, 2008
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