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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech in Galesburg, Ill.
The minimum wage is "lower right now than it was when Ronald Reagan took office."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2013 an interview with the 'New York Times'
The "most realistic estimates" for jobs created by Keystone XL are "maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech in Galesburg, Ill.
"Our businesses have created nearly twice as many jobs in this recovery as they had at the same point in the last recovery, when there was no Obamacare."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech at Knox College in Illinois
Says "our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years."
True
By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech in Galesburg, Ill.
"The income of the top 1 percent nearly quadrupled from 1979 to 2007, but the typical family’s incomes barely budged."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 18, 2013 a speech at the White House
Says last year "13 million (health insurance) rebates went out, in all 50 states. Another 8.5 (million) rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging around 100 bucks each."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 25, 2013 a speech on climate change
As a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981, "there were days where folks couldn't go outside. … because of all the pollution in the air."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 17, 2013 an interview with Charlie Rose
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court "is transparent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2013 remarks in the White House Rose Garden
"My judicial nominees have waited three times longer to receive confirmation votes than those of my Republican predecessor."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 23, 2013 a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
Says that since he took office, "there have been no large-scale attacks on the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 9, 2013 a speech in Manor, Texas.
Says that according to a report, "the tech sector now drives more than one-quarter of Austin’s economy."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2013 a press availability
"Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of" the Benghazi incident.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 4, 2013 his weekly radio address.
Says "we" have put more boots on the U.S.-Mexico border "than at any time in our history, and illegal crossings are down by nearly 80 percent from their peak in 2000."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 30, 2013 a White House news conference
For people with insurance, the only impact of the health care law "is that their insurance is stronger, better and more secure than it was before. Full stop. That's it. They don't have to worry about anything else."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • May 2, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 30, 2013 a press conference
Long-term federal investment in U.S. airports is urgent because "there was a recent survey of the top airports … in the world, and there was not a single U.S. airport that came in the top 25."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 remarks in the White House Rose Garden
A "wide majority of NRA households ... supported this legislation" on gun background checks.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 a speech from the White House Rose Garden
A bipartisan background check amendment "outlawed any (gun) registry.  Plain and simple, right there in the text."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 remarks in the White House Rose Garden
"The NRA used to support expanded background checks."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 1, 2013 a press briefing at the White House
Says a majority of Americans -- and Republicans -- support his approach for deficit reduction.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • March 1, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.
If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2013
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