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All Half-True statements involving Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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UPDATE: 'Making Work Pay' was for workers only

The stimulus program "cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people."

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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Anywhere from 30 to 1

It’s "typical" for a presidential candidate to release 10 or 11 years of tax returns.

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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Right on wind, wrong on solar

Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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It depends on what the definition of "national debt" is

"We paid down the debt for four years -- paid down $600 billion on the national debt."

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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It flowered, but for a variety of reasons

Passage of Clinton budget bill in 1993 "led to an enormous flowering of the economy in America."

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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Bill takes Obama out of context

Barack Obama "said in 2004 there was no difference between (Obama) and George Bush on the war."

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