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Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 24, 2011 a chain e-mail
Says that in a hearing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords suggested to Gen. David Petraeus that the Army "put more emphasis on less environmentally damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to minimize the carbon output."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on September 21, 2010 a candidate forum
"If you look at the application for a security clearance, I have a clearance that even the president of the United States cannot obtain because of my background."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2010
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on September 1, 2010 a campaign fundraising e-mail
"Ganley said that if elected, he wants to ‘cut the dickens’ out of Social Security, Medicare and Veterans’ benefits."
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By Sabrina Eaton • September 20, 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."
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September 3, 2010
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on June 22, 2010 a commentary on MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
With his decision on whether to fire Gen. Stanley McChrystal, President Obama "has to fix yet another problem he inherited from the Bush administration."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 9, 2010 chain e-mail
Obama said troops "whine about bearing the costs" of going to war.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 9, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 13, 2009 an e-mail circulated to many people.
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of the Fort Hood shootings, "was an ADVISOR to the Obama Administration."
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By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 25, 2009 an e-mail received by many people.
"The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 2, 2009
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