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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 26, 2011 in an interview:
Says "we have now more Border Patrol officers … than we’ve had at any time in our history."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2011 in remarks at a campaign fundraiser:
Says Paul Ryan "voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2011 in an interview:
"Gov. (Rick) Perry helped balance his budget with about $6 billion worth of federal help, which he happily took, and then started blaming the members of Congress who had offered that help."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 24, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 in a speech at George Washington University:
The Republican budget plan "says that 10 years from now, if you’re a 65-year-old who’s eligible for Medicare, you should have to pay nearly $6,400 more than you would today."
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By Robert Farley • April 18, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2011 in a press conference:
"Last year, American oil production reached its highest level since 2003."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2011 in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce:
"Today, American companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets."
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By Robert Farley • February 10, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 in an interview on Super Bowl Sunday:
"I lowered taxes over the last two years."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union speech:
"The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union address:
"As many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing high school."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 7, 2010 in a press conference:
"There are polls showing right now that the American people for the most part think it's a bad idea to provide tax cuts to the wealthy."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart":
"We have empowered state insurance commissioners to review the rate hikes that are taking place in states. And in some states like North Carolina, they have already used it and rolled back premium increases by 25 percent."
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By Robert Farley • October 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2010 in a televised town hall:
"Our tax rates are lower now than they were under Ronald Reagan. They're much lower than they were under Dwight Eisenhower."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 8, 2010 in a speech in Cleveland, Ohio.:
"When these same Republicans –- including Mr. Boehner –- were in charge, the number of earmarks and pet projects went up, not down."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 22, 2010 in remarks at a bill signing:
The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 1, 2010 in a speech:
"Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 2, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2010 in a speech from the Oval Office:
"Oil companies showered regulators (at the Minerals Management Service) with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 27, 2010 in a press conference at the White House:
"The Interior Department has only 30 days to review an exploration plan submitted by an oil company. That leaves no time for the appropriate environmental review. The result is, they are continually waived."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 30, 2010 in an interview on NBC's Today show:
"A lot of the ideas in terms of the (health insurance) exchange, just being able to pool and improve the purchasing power of individuals in the insurance market, that originated from the Heritage Foundation."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore:
Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • January 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union speech:
"At the beginning of the last decade ... America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade."
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By Catharine Richert • January 28, 2010
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