Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Iraq

Clear
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 25, 2008 Chicago:
"Our National Guard, as we saw in the Midwest flooding, can't function as effectively as it could. I was talking to National Guard representatives. Fifteen of their 17 helicopters in this region were overseas during the flooding."
False
By Stephanie Garry • July 9, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 22, 2008 a television interview:
John McCain has changed position on invading Iraq.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 2, 2008 a town hall meeting in Nashville, Tenn.:
"Casualties and deaths are at (their) lowest point since literally the beginning" of the war.
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • June 6, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 4, 2008 St. Petersburg, Fla.:
When the United States invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein wanted to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and "he said so himself after his capture."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 5, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 29, 2008 Greensdale, Wis.:
"We have drawn down to presurge levels. Basra, Mosul and now Sadr City are quiet and it's long and it's tough and there will be setbacks."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • June 2, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 28, 2008 a town hall meeting in Reno, Nev.:
"Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once."
True
By Alexander Lane • May 29, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 5, 2008 Eugene, Ore.:
"I actually started criticizing the war in Iraq before (Obama) did."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2008 a speech in Charleston, W.Va.:
"Iraq is costing each household about $100 a month."
True
By Bill Adair • April 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on March 18, 2008 Amman, Jordan:
It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 19, 2008
Campaign to Defend America
Campaign to Defend America
stated on March 5, 2008 a television ad:
John McCain and George W. Bush want to spend "a trillion dollars in Iraq over the next 10 years."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2008 an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball.":
Obama says Clinton in 2002 suggested there was a connection between al-Qaida and the Iraqi government.
True
By Bill Adair • March 12, 2008
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on February 25, 2008 a television ad.:
"John McCain says it's okay with him if the U.S. spends the next thousand years in Iraq."
True
By Bill Adair • March 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 26, 2008 a debate in Cleveland, Ohio.:
"We are bogged down in a war that John McCain now suggests might go on for another 100 years."
False
By Bill Adair • March 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 1, 2008 a speech in Westerville, Ohio:
Says Clinton did not read the National Intelligence Estimate before voting for the Iraq war.
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • March 3, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 26, 2008 Cleveland, Ohio:
Barack Obama said in 2004 "that he basically agreed with the way George Bush was conducting the war."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 27, 2008
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on February 14, 2008 a Web video.:
The DNC says McCain flip-flopped on whether the Iraq War would be easy.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 20, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 6, 2008 a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland:
"One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests."
True
By Amy Hollyfield, Wes Allison • February 7, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 31, 2008 a debate in Los Angeles:
"George Bush sent people to war without body armor."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 4, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2008 Denver:
Hillary Clinton "agreed with (John McCain) on voting for the war in Iraq."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 26, 2008 Fort Myers, Fla.:
Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 31, 2008
Previous Next