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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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