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Statements about Nuclear
Jack Reed

Jack Reed

True

Lots of boots on the ground

North Korea has a "substantial standing army, one of the largest, certainly the largest per capita, in the world."

Americans for a Strong Defense

Americans for a Strong Defense

Mostly False

In the context of worldwide elimination of nukes

Says Chuck Hagel has called for "an end to our nuclear program."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Mostly True

A plausible path

"Pakistan has 100 nuclear warheads and they’re rushing to build a lot more. They’ll have more than Great Britain sometime in the relatively near future."

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

Mostly False

Narrow truth masks reality of 'crippling' sanctions

Says the Obama administration "watered down sanctions" against Iran, delayed them and tried to stop Congress "from putting the tough sanctions in place."

Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund

Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund

Half-True

Reporters learned about it first

The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

He's talking licenses, not plants built

"We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Mostly False

Wrong in a few ways

"This president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against Iran. He did not."

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

False

Ahmadinejad says he doesn't want to build a nuke

Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."

Herman Cain

Herman Cain

Pants on Fire!

They've had it for more than 40 years

China is "trying to develop nuclear capability."

Mike Fasano

Mike Fasano

Mostly True

Your electric bill goes beyond the energy you consume

"Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage."

Tom Kean

Tom Kean

Half-True

N.J.? Yes. U.S.? Not by a decade.

"I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country."

Johnny Isakson

Johnny Isakson

True

No one's died - as far as we know

"There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s."

Lawrence O'Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell

True

Most Americans live under the 50 mile shadow; but relatively few within 10 miles

"Most Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant."

Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter

Mostly False

Not the mainstream opinion

"There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer."

Bill Janis

Bill Janis

Mostly False

Big-wigs and brass backed this treaty

"The New START treaty was passed despite significant concerns among some people in the State and Defense Departments."

Jon Kyl

Jon Kyl

Mostly True

That's Obama's stated long-term goal

Obama's position on nuclear arms is a "march toward global zero."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Full Flop

After mocking McCain during campaign, Obama created four

On the use of presidentially appointed commissions.

Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander

True

No deaths from nuclear-related accidents

"No member of the American public has ever been killed by commercial nuclear power — a record unmatched by other fuels."

Harry Reid

Harry Reid

False

Not a closed case -- and experts see Reid's solution as problematic

"We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."

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