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Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:

Says Romney said "we should ask Pakistan for permission" to take a shot at Osama bin Laden.

Half-True

By Becky Bowers • October 23, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate:

Says Mitt Romney "just gave a speech a few weeks ago" and said "we should still have troops in Iraq."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • October 23, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 the final debate:

Says Mitt Romney was clear that he "would not provide government assistance to the U.S. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:

"Veterans’ unemployment is actually now lower than (the) general population. It was higher when I came into office."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 a presidential debate:

"A few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia."

Half-True

By Molly Moorhead • October 23, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in a town hall debate:

"George Bush never suggested that we eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood."

Mostly True

By Molly Moorhead • October 19, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate:

Says his administration put more border patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border than at "any time in history, and the flow of undocumented workers across the border is actually lower than it's been in 40 years."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate:

Says his administration has created "5 million jobs … over the last 30 months in the private sector alone."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate:

Says Mitt Romney suggested that "employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage."

True

By Becky Bowers, Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate:

Says Mitt Romney "called the Arizona law a model for the nation."

False

By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate:

Says Mitt Romney refused to say whether he'd sign the Lilly Ledbetter bill.

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • October 17, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in a town-hall debate in Long Island, N.Y.:

When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he "stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, ‘This plant kills.’"

True

By Stephen Koff, Molly Moorhead • October 17, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 9, 2012 a campaign ad:

As governor, "Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times."

Mostly False

By Molly Moorhead • October 15, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2012 an email to supporters:

Says economists Harvey Rosen and Martin Feldstein have said that "paying for (Mitt) Romney’s tax cuts would require large tax increases on families making between $100,000 and $200,000."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a debate:

Says his deficit plan "made some adjustments to (Simpson-Bowles), and we're putting it forward before Congress right now, a $4 trillion plan."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • October 11, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 8, 2012 a campaign event outside Speaker John Boehner press conference in Derry, NH:

Says Mitt Romney plans to "fire" Big Bird.

Pants on Fire!

By Maryalice Gill • October 9, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2012 a campaign ad:

Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate:

The federal tax code has "loopholes that are giving incentives for companies that are shipping jobs overseas."

True

By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on September 25, 2012 a Web ad:

"In Romney's first budget (in Massachusetts), he cut $248.7 million from K-12 education."

Half-True

By Becky Bowers • October 8, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate:

Says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed.

Mostly False

By Molly Moorhead • October 5, 2012

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