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Latest Fact-Checks In Foreign Policy

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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 5, 2009 an interview on the Charlie Rose Show
About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 8, 2009
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 11, 2009 during a U.S. Senate debate
"The truth is any oil that would be drilled could be sent to any other country in the world, reducing our use of foreign oil not by one single drop."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • October 5, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2009 a White House announcement
On whether he would put a missile shield in Poland.
Half Flip
September 22, 2009
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 7, 2009 a GOP survey
The Obama administration offered "$900 million to Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild Gaza."
False
July 14, 2009
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 7, 2009 a GOP survey
"Under the new and little known 'global justice' initiative," the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to "read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield."
Half-True
July 14, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 2, 2009 a chain e-mail
Obama used $20 million in federal money "to emmigrate (sic) Hamas Refugees to the USA."
Pants on Fire!
May 8, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 2, 2009 a chain e-mail
Obama's "first call (as president) to any head of state was to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah party in the Palestinian territory."
Half-True
May 8, 2009
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on April 6, 2009 an appearance on MSNBC.
"There are no similar clips of Newt Gingrich talking about how ineffective President Bush was in trying to control North Korea."
False
By Bill Adair • April 7, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 29, 2008 a TV interview
"Fidel (Castro) has made his preferences known in the campaign and had some very unkind things to say about me."
True
October 29, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 28, 2008 a TV ad airing in Florida
"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'"
False
By Bill Adair, Bart Jansen • October 28, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2008 a television advertisement
McCain is "selectively editing Joe Biden's words...Biden actually said about Barack Obama: 'They're gonna find out this guy's got steel in his spine.'"
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • October 28, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 Hempstead, N.Y.
"Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • October 15, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis
John McCain said "he wouldn't even sit down with the government of Spain, a NATO ally that has troops in Afghanistan with us now."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • October 2, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 Oxford, Miss.
John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 a debate in Oxford, Miss.
McCain "said the other day that he would not meet potentially with the prime minister of Spain, because he . . . wasn't sure whether they were aligned with us."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • September 29, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.
Henry Kissinger "said that we should meet with Iran — guess what — without precondition."
Half-True
By Shawn Zeller • September 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 a debate in Oxford, Miss.
"The average South Korean is 3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag."
True
By Bill Adair • September 27, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 22, 2008 the New York Sun
"If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 25, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver
Three years ago, John McCain said, "Afghanistan — we don't read about it anymore in papers because it succeeded."
True
By David DeCamp • August 28, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 27, 2008 a TV ad
"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'"
False
By Bart Jansen • August 27, 2008
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