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Latest Fact-Checks In Nuclear

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.
"Pakistan has 100 nuclear warheads and they’re rushing to build a lot more. They’ll have more than Great Britain sometime in the relatively near future."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate
Says the Obama administration "watered down sanctions" against Iran, delayed them and tried to stop Congress "from putting the tough sanctions in place."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • October 15, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a Web video
The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 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."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.
"This president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against Iran. He did not."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 24, 2012
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a foreign policy debate in Washington, D.C.
Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 23, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 31, 2011 an interview on "PBS Newshour"
China is "trying to develop nuclear capability."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 2, 2011
Mike Fasano
Mike Fasano
stated on October 11, 2011 a news article
"Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 18, 2011
Tom Kean
Tom Kean
stated on August 1, 2011 a question-and-answer column in The Star-Ledger
"I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 15, 2011 a YouTube.com video
"There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 1, 2011
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on March 22, 2011 MSNBC's "Last Word"
"Most Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant."
True
March 24, 2011
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on March 17, 2011 Fox's "O'Reilly Factor"
"There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer."
Mostly False
March 22, 2011
Bill Janis
Bill Janis
stated on January 25, 2011 a floor speech in the House of Delegates.
"The New START treaty was passed despite significant concerns among some people in the State and Defense Departments."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • February 2, 2011
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on November 28, 2010 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Obama's position on nuclear arms is a "march toward global zero."
Mostly True
November 30, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2008 a campaign speech in Grand Junction, Colo.
On the use of presidentially appointed commissions.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • July 1, 2010
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on March 9, 2010 an op-ed article
"No member of the American public has ever been killed by commercial nuclear power — a record unmatched by other fuels."
True
By Hadas Gold • April 22, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on February 19, 2010 a television interview with Las Vegas political analyst Jon Ralston
"We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2010
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