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Lissa August

Lissa August

Staff Writer, St. Petersburg Times

Lissa August was a reporter/researcher in the Times Washington Bureau.

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Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on November 13, 2007 an interview on CNN.
"There was a report that came out from the FBI – a warning, not a report ... saying that, in fact, al-Qaida was planning to attack malls during the Christmas holidays."
Half-True
By Lissa August • November 5, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on August 29, 2007 a speech in Americus, Ga.
Poor people go to a "payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."
True
By Lissa August • September 13, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 2, 2007 a speech by husband Bill Clinton at a Concord, N.H. rally.
"In every single country, she had a majority of the vote -- or more of those who'd already made up their minds."
Mostly True
By Lissa August • September 10, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 5, 2007 a comment by husband Bill Clinton on Larry King Live.
"In New York, when she ran for reelection, she carried 58 of our 62 counties. George Bush had won 40 counties in New York just two years earlier."
True
By Lissa August • September 10, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 21, 2007 a TV ad.
"He's leading by example, refusing contributions from PACs and Washington lobbyists."
Half-True
By Lissa August • August 21, 2007
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on May 1, 2007 the Web.
"Tommy Thompson is the father of welfare reform, creating the groundbreaking Wisconsin Works program in Wisconsin that became the model for national and international reforms."
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By Lissa August • June 1, 2007
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