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Statements about Iraq
Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts

Half-True

Depends on what you're paying for

Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost every U.S. family $45,000.

Leticia Van de Putte

Leticia Van de Putte

False

Regrettably low

Says only about 250 Texans have been killed in action since 9/11.

Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney

False

Bush, Thatcher agreed she said it

Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

Romney wanted gradual drawdown

Says Mitt Romney "just gave a speech a few weeks ago" and said "we should still have troops in Iraq."

Patrick Murphy

Patrick Murphy

Half-True

West ultimately got a reprimand and fine

An Army report stated Allen West "performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.'"

Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Half-True

He used that word

On ending the war in Iraq, "Gov. Romney said that was a tragic mistake, we should have left 30,000 troops there."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Referring to the pace of the drawdown

Mitt Romney "said it was 'tragic' to end the war in Iraq."

WrongWayRubio.com

WrongWayRubio.com

True

Blunt but accurate

Says that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says troops are leaving Iraq "too fast."

Tommy Thompson

Tommy Thompson

False

It would take years

Every time the price of gasoline rises 1 cent, "it's a billion dollars out of our economy that goes to Saudi Arabia."

Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

True

Answering the call time and again.

Rhode Island has the "the second-most heavily deployed National Guard in the United States."

Marcy Kaptur

Marcy Kaptur

Half-True

Claim ignores steadfast opposition to Iraq, Afghanistan wars

"When Marcy Kaptur brought home $42 million for new manufacturing jobs, Dennis Kucinich voted 'no'."

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama

Half-True

Obama, and many others

Says President Obama "helped more than half a million veterans and military family members go to college through the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill."

Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Mostly True

Most statistics back him up

In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Not all Obama's doing

"Because of Barack Obama the mission in Iraq ended."

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

Pants on Fire!

Most of that was under Bush, not Obama

"Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives."

David Cicilline

David Cicilline

True

Military experts say he's right

Says an amendment specifying when military members may use deadly force "does nothing to change existing rules of engagement for American service members."

Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson

Mostly True

Fraudulent contract spending is kind of his thing

"$360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the Taliban."

Cory Booker

Cory Booker

Mostly True

Taxes down in "war on terrorism"

Says for the first time in the history of the United States, the government cut taxes during wartime

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

Got the votes right, but not all the details

Says Paul Ryan "voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for."  

Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

Half-True

An interesting story about West's past

Says Allen West helped thwart a terrorist plot by shooting a gun in the direction of an Iraqi detainee, then reported the incident to his superior and said it was wrong.

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