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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 14, 2012 a TV ad
After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy."
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By Becky Bowers, Molly Moorhead • May 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website
Says Mitt Romney "has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."
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By Becky Bowers • May 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2012 a campaign speech in Ohio
Mitt Romney has "proposed cutting his own taxes while raising them on 18 million working families."
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By Molly Moorhead • May 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 28, 2012 a TV ad.
 "Under President Obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high."  
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By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • April 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 remarks to the Newspaper Association of America
Says Ronald Reagan "understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 16, 2012 an Obama campaign film
Because of the new health care law, "Americans no longer will see their coverage dropped or capped when illness strikes."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 15, 2012 a campaign video
By the time Obama took office, "The Bush administration had given the car companies $13 billion and the money was now gone."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 16, 2012 the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled"
Because of the new health care law, "2.5 million young adults now have coverage."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 a speech in Miami
"We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address
"In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. Last year, they created the most jobs since 2005."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address
"Right now, American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 20, 2011 a conference call by a campaign spokesman with New Hampshire reporters.
"Fifty percent of Speaker Gingrich’s tax plan goes to the top 1 percent."
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By Jake Berry • December 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 2, 2011 a campaign ad
"Because of Barack Obama 32 million new people will have healthcare."
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By Molly Moorhead • November 2, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 5, 2011 a Labor Day speech in Detroit
A bipartisan payroll tax cut championed by the White House has meant that "the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket" this year.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 21, 2011 an interview on NPR
Says Ronald Reagan "repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the United States to be impaired in any kind of way."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2011 a press conference
"Eighty percent of the American people support an approach (to federal budget problems) that includes revenues and includes cuts."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2011 a press conference
"As we've seen that federal support for states diminish, you've seen the biggest job losses in the public sector -- teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 12, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall
"We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference
"You see a whole bunch of Korean cars here in the United States, and you don't see any American cars in Korea."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 4, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference
"If you're a … wealthy CEO or a … hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are … lower than they've been since the 1950s."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2011
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