Latest Fact-Checks In Iraq

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Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 6, 2011 an interview on NPR’s “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin
Says for the first time in the history of the United States, the government cut taxes during wartime
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • July 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2011 remarks at a campaign fundraiser
Says Paul Ryan "voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2011
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on March 18, 2011 comments on his Fox News show.
Says Allen West helped thwart a terrorist plot by shooting a gun in the direction of an Iraqi detainee, then reported the incident to his superior and said it was wrong.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 23, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 20, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
"The last Christians are about to leave" Iraq.
Pants on Fire!
February 7, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 6, 2011 a FoxNews interview
Says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts.
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 24, 2011
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
stated on December 9, 2010 his book "Decision Points."
"Sen. Joe Biden, the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, recommended partitioning Iraq into three separate entities."
Half-True
December 22, 2010
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 22, 2010 a campaign ad
"Decorated Marine, two-tour Iraq war vet."
True
By Joe Guillen • October 29, 2010
Ted Ankrum
Ted Ankrum
stated on August 31, 2010 an e-mail blast.
"More people were killed in the United States last year by tainted food than U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the wars began."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 22, 2010
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 1, 2010 a statement
Due to the war in Iraq, "4,400 Americans are dead, 30,000 severely wounded and more than 100,000 are suffering from serious health problems related to post traumatic stress syndrome."
Half-True
September 11, 2010
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on August 30, 2010 a Rhode Island News Channel debate
"It costs us, logistically, three times more to fight in Afghanistan than it does in any other place."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2010
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on August 31, 2010 an editorial board interview
"I asked (then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice) how many people had died and she did not know the answer to that question."
Pants on Fire!
September 3, 2010
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
stated on August 23, 2010 an opinion column in "The Washington Examiner"
"Obama’s stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva, Martha M. Hamilton • August 25, 2010
Barney Frank
Barney Frank
stated on July 7, 2010 MSNBC's Morning Joe
The United States accounted for 26 percent of worldwide military spending during the Cold War, but now accounts for 41 percent.
Half-True
By Erin Mershon • August 13, 2010
George Packer
George Packer
stated on August 8, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Despite the U.S. spending $10 billion on Iraq's electrical system, Baghdad still only gets five hours of electricity a day.
Mostly False
August 10, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on August 1, 2010 on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
The Bush administration "pulled the troops out of Afghanistan, pulled the resources away, because they wanted to invade Iraq instead."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 3, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 18, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"I never called for a partition" of Iraq.
True
July 21, 2010
Alexi Giannoulias
Alexi Giannoulias
stated on July 8, 2010 a campaign commercial
"He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."
True
July 8, 2010
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on April 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops."
Mostly True
April 12, 2010
Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer
stated on March 22, 2010 comments on CBS's Face the Nation
The Iraq war has been "our longest war."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2010 a 'Today Show' interview
"He (Obama) has done several things well. Most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. So, for instance, he's left our troops in Iraq and they're being more successful there. He boosted our effort in Afghanistan, which is the right course to take. He did not close Guantanamo, thank heavens."
False
March 2, 2010
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