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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

Alan Grayson
stated on November 30, 2009 an interview on 'The Ed Show.'

"In the past year, more than 20 percent of Americans have changed their mind about the war in Afghanistan. They conclude we shouldn't be there."

Mostly False

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 4, 2009

John Murtha
stated on December 2, 2009 the show 'Hardball With Chris Matthews'

"We're going to have more troops (in Afghanistan) . . . than the Russians had."

Mostly False

By Catharine Richert • December 4, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on December 1, 2009 a speech at the United States Military Academy.

"In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to commit new acts of terror."

Mostly True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 3, 2009

Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos'

"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."

Mostly True

November 30, 2009

Robert Gibbs
stated on October 22, 2009 the daily White House press conference

A request for "an increase in troops sat on desks in this White House (during the presidency of George W. Bush), including the vice president's, for more than eight months, a resource request filled by President Obama in March."

True

October 23, 2009

Pray in Jesus Name Project
stated on May 17, 2009 an advertisement

"The Pentagon under the Obama administration has just acknowledged seizing and burning the privately owned Bibles of American soldiers serving in Afghanistan."

Half-True

May 18, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on March 27, 2009 a speech at the White House.

"2008 was the deadliest year of the war (in Afghanistan) for American forces."

True

By Alexander Lane • March 31, 2009

Mitch McConnell
stated on February 27, 2009 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference

"In just one month, the Democrats have spent more than President Bush spent in seven years on the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan and Hurricane Katrina combined."

False

By Alexander Lane • March 3, 2009

Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver

Three years ago, John McCain said, "Afghanistan — we don't read about it anymore in papers because it succeeded."

True

By David DeCamp • August 28, 2008

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