Cheney claim on Obama earns Pants on Fire
By Bill Adair
Published on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 at 12:23 p.m.
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President Obama "doesn't ... want to admit we're at war."
Dick Cheney, Wednesday, December 30th, 2009.
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In his latest attack on President Obama, the former vice president said Obama doesn't "want ... to admit we're at war."
In his latest attack on President Barack Obama, former Vice President Dick Cheney seized on the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound jetliner to suggest that Obama is weak on terrorism.
He said Obama "doesn't ... want to admit we're at war" with terrorist organizations. We checked Obama's statements and found he has said that many times .
Sources: See Truth-O-Meter item.
Researchers: Bill Adair
Names in this story: Dick Cheney, Barack Obama
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