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Latest Fact-Checks In Foreign Policy

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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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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!
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • October 29, 2008
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