Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Facebook posts
stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media:

Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants."

By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2014

Dick Cheney
stated on June 22, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

Says President Barack Obama said when "we got bin Laden, terrorism problem solved."

By Katie Sanders • June 24, 2014

Jeanine Pirro
stated on June 14, 2014 in a broadcast on Fox News:

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009."

By Jon Greenberg • June 19, 2014

Trey Gowdy
stated on May 11, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"We were the last flag flying in Benghazi."

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2014

Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":

After the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, "the ambassador's body was dragged through the street."

By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2014 in viral posts on the Internet:

"22 Countries Invaded by the U.S. in 20 Years."

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2014

Karl Rove
stated on January 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"The amount of attention paid this week to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi ... pale in significance."

By Steve Contorno • January 12, 2014

Jason Chaffetz
stated on May 6, 2013 in an interview on Fox News:

"We had people that were getting killed (in Benghazi), we had people who are willing to risk their lives to go save them, and somebody told them to stand down."

By Becky Bowers • May 14, 2013

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on May 1, 2013 in remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.:

Says only about 250 Texans have been killed in action since 9/11.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2013

Louie Gohmert
stated on April 17, 2013 in an interview on C-SPAN.:

Says al Qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in Mexico.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 23, 2013

Rand Paul
stated on March 6, 2013 in a tweet:

"The president is advocating a drone strike program in America."

By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 in the State of the Union Address:

"Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts" to create a legal framework on counterterrorism.

By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013

Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 in a web video:

The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."

By Jon Greenberg • August 22, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 26, 2012 in a debate in Jacksonville, Fla.:

"This president went before the United Nations and castigated Israel for building settlements. He said nothing about thousands of rockets being rained in on Israel from the Gaza Strip."

By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2012

John Fleming
stated on October 3, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business Network:

Says Barack Obama is a "hypocrite" for criticizing President George W. Bush’s "drone attack program," then using it aggressively as president.

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2011

Kevin O'Toole
stated on August 21, 2011 in an opinion piece in the Times of Trenton:

"As we near the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we should not forget that some of the hijackers used New Jersey driver’s licenses to board those aircraft."

By Bill Wichert • August 28, 2011

Glenn Beck
stated on February 4, 2011 in a comment on his television show:

The Muslim Brotherhood has "openly stated they want to declare war on Israel."

By Lucas Graves • February 15, 2011

Michael J. Gardiner
stated on August 30, 2010 in a Rhode Island News Channel debate:

"It costs us, logistically, three times more to fight in Afghanistan than it does in any other place."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2010

Debbie Riddle
stated on August 10, 2010 in a television interview:

"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2010

Jerry Patterson
stated on June 11, 2010 in a speech at the Texas Republican Party Convention:

"We have a director of homeland security who cannot use and will not use the term 'terrorist attack' but instead substitutes 'man-made disaster.' "

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 21, 2010

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