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Latest Fact-Checks In Foreign Policy

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 9, 2015 a statement released to the media:
"The vast majority of our international commitments take effect without congressional approval."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2015
Molly White
Molly White
stated on February 3, 2015 an online statement:
The group that organized Texas Muslim Capitol Day in Austin "was recently listed as one of 82 organizations designated as a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 6, 2015
Jack Keane
Jack Keane
stated on February 1, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years." 
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address:
"In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance."
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By Steve Contorno • January 27, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 15, 2014 a post on InfoWars.com:
"The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus.
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By Derek Tsang • September 19, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 4, 2014 an op-ed for Time magazine:
In Tripoli, "jihadists today swim in our embassy pool."
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By Steve Contorno • September 11, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 23, 2014 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:
Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014
Rula Jebreal
Rula Jebreal
stated on July 22, 2014 comments on MSNBC:
Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed "17 Israeli public officials versus one" Palestinian official.  
Half-True
By Katie Sanders, Linda Qiu • July 24, 2014
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on June 24, 2014 a "Roll Call" interview:
The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 30, 2014
Stephen Hayes
Stephen Hayes
stated on June 8, 2014 a discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
The Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • June 8, 2014
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace
stated on June 1, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Hillary Clinton "defended Syria’s President Assad as a possible reformer at the start of that country’s civil war."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 1, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on May 18, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
In the Georgia-Russia conflict, "we flew a brigade of Georgian soldiers" from Iran to Georgia and "sent U.S. ships into the Black Sea and provided various kinds of supplies."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2014
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 23, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • March 23, 2014
Kesha Rogers
Kesha Rogers
stated on March 19, 2014 statements on her campaign website:
Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • March 19, 2014
Russia Today
Russia Today
stated on March 4, 2014 a posting on their website:
The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 5, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 28, 2014 a post on Facebook:
Says she made an "accurate prediction" that if Barack Obama were elected it would encourage Russia to invade Ukraine.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2014
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
stated on January 28, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports":
In 2002, "Iran was more or less an American ally."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2014
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on January 29, 2014 a press conference:
Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address:
"Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 21, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says David Jolly’s former firm lobbied "for hundreds of millions (of dollars) for a dictator in Pakistan."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 27, 2014
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