Fact Check Posts – Page 7

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."

By Stephanie Garry • July 9, 2008

Joe Biden
stated on June 22, 2008 a television interview

John McCain has changed position on invading Iraq.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 3, 2008

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.

By Alexander Lane • June 6, 2008

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."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 5, 2008

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."

By Alexander Lane • June 2, 2008

John McCain
stated on May 28, 2008 a town hall meeting in Reno, Nev.

"Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once."

By Alexander Lane • May 29, 2008

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 5, 2008 Eugene, Ore.

"I actually started criticizing the war in Iraq before (Obama) did."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 7, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2008 a speech in Charleston, W.Va.

"Iraq is costing each household about $100 a month."

By Bill Adair • April 1, 2008

John McCain
stated on March 18, 2008 Amman, Jordan

It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 19, 2008

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."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008

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.

By Bill Adair • March 12, 2008

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."

By Bill Adair • March 5, 2008

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."

By Bill Adair • March 5, 2008

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.

By Adriel Bettelheim • March 3, 2008

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."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 27, 2008

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.

February 20, 2008

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."

February 7, 2008

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 31, 2008 a debate in Los Angeles

"George Bush sent people to war without body armor."

February 4, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2008 Denver

Hillary Clinton "agreed with (John McCain) on voting for the war in Iraq."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 1, 2008

John McCain
stated on January 26, 2008 Fort Myers, Fla.

Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 31, 2008

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