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Statements about Foreign Policy
Craig James

Craig James

Pants on Fire!

Firing blanks

"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are negotiating with the United Nations about doing a treaty that will ban the use of firearms."

True The Vote

True The Vote

Pants on Fire!

Ka-blue-y

"Eric Holder is supportive of the NAACP's efforts to get the United Nations involved in our elections."

Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Pants on Fire!

Kindling on an old fire

Says Barack Obama "began his presidency going on a worldwide apology tour."

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Half-True

Iffy

"When you sanction the Iranian central bank, that will shut down (Iran's) economy."

Jay Carney

Jay Carney

False

Never said giddyap, let's go

Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union."

Ron Paul

Ron Paul

Mostly True

Foreign aid fact straight, but is comparison meaningful?

"The Arab and the Muslim nations get twice as much money as Israel."

George W. Bush

George W. Bush

True

A lasting surge

Says that in his first 17 months as president, the United States doubled its world-leading $500 million a year commitment to fighting global AIDS.

Jeb Hensarling

Jeb Hensarling

True

It was much less before the '70s

"Today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."

Bill White

Bill White

False

Speculation, no threat

"In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world.

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