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Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech
"In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 a debate
The U.S. spends $4 billion on research and development for energy, while spending $350 billion on oil from foreign countries, "many of whom are our enemies."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 3, 2010 a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet
Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2010
Markos Moulitsas
Markos Moulitsas
stated on June 6, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week
Turkey is an Arab country.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2010
Colin Powell
Colin Powell
stated on May 30, 2010 an interview on ABC News' "This Week"
"The president has added close to 68,000 troops in the last year, since he came into office, not just the 30,000 you hear, but the others that were added before that."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on May 9, 2010 a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week
Greece "has a GDP the size of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2010
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on April 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"The policy of the Bush administration was also not to add new nuclear capabilities."
Half-True
April 11, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 27, 2010 a prepared statement
On recess appointments.
Half Flip
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 1, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2010 his book "No Apology."
Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on January 15, 2010 a video blog post
Chile ranks third internationally in economic freedom, while the U.S. ranks 17th.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2010
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 4, 2010 an interview on 'The O'Reilly Factor'
A recent Obama executive order could "lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials."
Pants on Fire!
By Kevin Robillard • January 13, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 3, 2009 comments at the White House
When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 7, 2009
Paul Krugman
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."
Mostly True
November 30, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 19, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail
Obama "closed offshore tax safe havens."
Half-True
November 20, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 19, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail
Obama has "visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office."
True
November 20, 2009
Bono
Bono
stated on October 23, 2009 an interview with the Associated Press
When it comes to aid, "the United States is still about half as what European countries give as a percentage."
Half-True
October 30, 2009
Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite
stated on October 26, 2009 a letter to President Obama
A president must "obtain Congress' consent before formally accepting the Nobel Prize."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2009
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on October 22, 2009 the daily White House press conference
A request for "an increase in troops sat on desks in this White House (during the presidency of George W. Bush), including the vice president's, for more than eight months, a resource request filled by President Obama in March."
True
October 23, 2009
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on October 21, 2009 a speech to the Center for Security Policy
The Obama administration notified Poland and the Czech Republic about cancellation of major missile-defense facilities "at the last minute in midnight phone calls."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2009
Christopher Monckton
Christopher Monckton
stated on October 14, 2009 a speech in St. Paul, Minn.
If President Obama signs the Copenhagen climate change treaty, he "will sign your freedom, your democracy, and your prosperity away forever — and neither you nor any subsequent government you may elect would have any power whatsoever to take it back again."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2009
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