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Jim Webb

Jim Webb

Jim Webb is running for president of the United States in 2016. Webb, a Democrat, served as a U.S. senator from Virginia in 2007-13. He served as the first Assistant Secreatry of Defense for Reserve Affairs and Secretary of the Navy in the Ronald Reagan administration. Webb is a 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served as a Marine Corps infantry officer until 1972 and saw action in the Vietnam War, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross, Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts. Webb was born in Saint Joseph, Mo. He also has a law degree from Georgetown Law Center, Washington, D.C. He has written fiction and nonfictions books and won an Emmy award for his 1983 PBS coverage of the U.S. Marines in Beirut. He frequently writes opinion columns for many publications.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Jim Webb

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Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas
"Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on August 12, 2015 a web post
"We did not even have a federal income tax in this country until 1913."
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By Sean Gorman • August 24, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on August 5, 2015 a web post.
"The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • August 10, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on December 3, 2014 a conference.
The U.S. has "5 percent of the world’s population, 25 percent of the world’s known prison population."
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By Sean Gorman • December 15, 2014
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on November 19, 2014 an announcement.
The poorest counties in the U.S. are in Appalachia and "happen to be more than 90 percent white."
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By Sean Gorman • December 1, 2014
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on September 23, 2014 a speech.
In 1968 "the average corporate CEO made 20 times the average worker’s pay. Today that multiple is about 350."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • October 19, 2014
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on May 14, 2012 an interview.
President Obama budget request for veterans is "more than double the amount in constant dollars appropriated in 1980, when the veterans population was larger by a third."
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By Sean Gorman • June 4, 2012
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on November 4, 2011 a TV interview.
"Ronald Reagan raised the national debt 18 times."
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By Sean Gorman • November 12, 2011
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on February 3, 2011 a committee hearing.
The war in Iraq was a major factor in blowing "the top off the price of oil." 
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By Jacob Geiger • February 14, 2011
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Latest Fact-Checks About Jim Webb

Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on February 9, 2011 a press release.
"Senator Webb was a reliable vote for President Obama and Senator Harry Reid."
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By Jacob Geiger • February 16, 2011
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