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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 10, 2008 Boonville, Ind.
"Hillary (Clinton), one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 17, 2008 Washington, D.C.
As first lady, Clinton would travel to places that were "too small, too poor or too dangerous" for the president.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 4, 2008
Dick Morris
Dick Morris
stated on March 21, 2008 an opinion article in the "New York Post"
Hillary Clinton's international travels included "no serious diplomacy."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 4, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 3, 2008 interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Obama "has no experience or background at all in national security affairs."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 3, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 17, 2008 Washington, D.C.
"I remember landing under sniper fire."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 25, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 5, 2008 an interview on CNN's American Morning
"I've been standing up against ... the Chinese government over women's rights and standing up for human rights."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • March 11, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 5, 2008 an interview on CNN's "American Morning."
"I helped to bring peace to Northern Ireland."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • March 10, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 5, 2008 an interview on CNN's American Morning.
"I negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from Kosovo."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 10, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 26, 2008 a debate in Cleveland, Ohio.
Obama "basically threatened to bomb Pakistan."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • February 27, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 26, 2008 a debate in Cleveland
"He (Obama) chairs the subcommittee on Europe. ... He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight."
True
February 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 20, 2008 a media availability in Columbus, Ohio.
Obama "suggested bombing Pakistan."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • February 21, 2008
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
stated on February 10, 2008 Camp David
Barack Obama said "he's going to attack Pakistan and embrace (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2008 Denver
Hillary Clinton agrees with John McCain "by voting to give George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 1, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2008 Denver
Hillary Clinton "agrees with (John McCain) in embracing the Bush-Cheney policy of not talking to leaders we don't like."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 1, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 21, 2008 a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
"I know that Hillary on occasion has said — just last year said this (NAFTA) was a boon to the economy."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 22, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 2, 2008 a Web ad
"Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."
Mostly True
By Janet Zink • January 2, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 27, 2007 a TV ad
Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia."
Mostly False
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • December 31, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on December 5, 2007 a TV ad
"Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …"
Mostly False
By John Frank • December 18, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2007 a TV ad
"When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did."
True
By Bill Adair • December 12, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 21, 2007
Obama spokesman Bill Burton says Clinton gave Bush "a blank check on a critical foreign policy issue."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2007
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