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Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 10, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
The United Nations has conducted "172 successful peacekeeping missions and negotiations."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2013
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on September 8, 2013 a segment of 'Fox News Sunday'
"Before President Obama acted in Libya in 2011, the American people were opposed to military action by 35 to 60. After he took action, they were in support of it 54 to 43."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 2, 2013 a CNN interview
Says there's a "100-year-old international norm not to use chemical weapons."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 5, 2013
Peter King
Peter King
stated on September 1, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"The House did vote against engagement in Kosovo, and Bill Clinton kept fighting anyway. And, then, ultimately, a vote did pass."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2013
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
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on September 24, 2012 a press release from the Mitt Romney campaign
"President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • September 25, 2012
Secure America Now
Secure America Now
stated on September 12, 2012 a TV ad
Says Obama adviser David Plouffe took "large piles of cash" from a joint venture partner of a company owned by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 25, 2012
Republican Jewish Coalition
Republican Jewish Coalition
stated on September 24, 2012 an election flier
Barack Obama "refuses to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • September 24, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 9, 2012 an appearance on 'This Week.'
Says he and Mitt Romney "always said that we agree with the 2014 deadline" for leaving Afghanistan.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • September 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a convention speech
Says Romney called Russia our No. 1 enemy.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • September 7, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Today Show"
In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on August 2, 2011 a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H.
There are 500 million Internet users "and 80 million bloggers who are driving discussions in China. … So you’ve got a lot of people voicing frustration and discontent."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • August 19, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on August 2, 2011 a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H.
The United States has "the longest surviving constitution."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • August 8, 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."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 4, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on May 5, 2011 a presidential debate
"The Arab and the Muslim nations get twice as much money as Israel."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 14, 2011 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
"Iraq has the second-largest oilfields in the world (behind) Saudi Arabia."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 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
Paul Krugman
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
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 Hempstead, N.Y.
"Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • October 15, 2008
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