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Rick Santorum says President Barack Obama wants to cut veterans’ benefits

By Molly Moorhead January 20, 2012

President Obama has "said he is going to cut veterans' benefits."

Ted Cruz says Obama made “a worldwide apology tour”

By W. Gardner Selby January 20, 2012

Says Barack Obama "began his presidency going on a worldwide apology tour."

Gingrich ad says Mitt Romney appointed Planned Parenthood to a medical board but not an anti-abortion group

By Molly Moorhead January 20, 2012

Says Mitt Romney "put Planned Parenthood on a state medical board but failed to put a pro-life group on the same board."

Jim Florio says fish from New Jersey waters labeled unsafe to eat

By Caryn Shinske January 20, 2012

"Many types of fish and shellfish from waters across the state are labeled unsafe to eat." 

Little research on Savannah port jobs impact

By Willoughby Mariano January 20, 2012

The planned expansion of Savannah’s port is a "jobs creating project."

McDonnell says plan to bolster teacher pensions puts no mandate on localities

By Sean Gorman January 20, 2012

Says proposal to boost teacher pension fund "puts no mandate on local government."

Arne Duncan says the U.S. has dropped from No. 1 to No. 16 in the world for college graduation

By Tom Feran January 20, 2012

"One generation ago we led the world in college graduation. We're 16th today."

Newt Gingrich ad says Mitt Romney enacted taxpayer-funded abortions

By Molly Moorhead January 20, 2012

"Romney signed government-mandated health care with taxpayer-funded abortions."

Rick Santorum says Obama prohibits encouraging young people to marry

By Molly Moorhead January 19, 2012

Says an Obama administration policy prohibits people who work with at-risk youth from promoting marriage as a way to avoid poverty.

Barack Obama says he ‘kept a campaign promise to toughen ethics rules’

By Louis Jacobson January 19, 2012

Says PolitiFact has said he "kept a campaign promise to toughen ethics rules."

Dennis Kucinich says combined top CEO pay topped $770M while average pay rose just 2%

By Peter Krouse January 19, 2012

"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."

Rhode Island Democratic party says Republican Brendan Doherty flip-flopped on abortion in a little over a week

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. January 19, 2012

"[Mitt] Romney and [Brendan] Doherty certainly have a lot in common, like flip-flopping on abortion -- in Doherty's case, in a little over a week."

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