Statements we say are Half-True
Says President Obama waited two weeks to call the attack in Libya "terror."
"Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land."
Paul Ryan "cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for."
The Obama administration "called Bashar Assad a reformer when he was turning his Russian-provided guns on his own people."
On ending the war in Iraq, "Gov. Romney said that was a tragic mistake, we should have left 30,000 troops there."
Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would "eliminate the guarantee of Medicare."
"Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women."
President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt."
"In Romney's first budget (in Massachusetts), he cut $248.7 million from K-12 education."
Romney’s Medicare plan was estimated to "cost the average senior about $6,000 a year."
Obama says he’s "put forward a specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan."
Says Mitt Romney's plan "calls for a $5 trillion tax cut."
"On Medicare for current retirees, he's cutting $716 billion from the program."
"Seven times Obama could have stopped China's cheating. Seven times, he refused."
"Under Obama, families have lost over $4,000 a year in income."
Says Romney and Ryan "both backed proposals that would outlaw abortions even in cases of rape or incest."
Says he "will protect your guaranteed benefits" in Medicare while "Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits."
Says that under Mitt Romney, 89 million Americans could be denied coverage if they have a pre-existing condition.
"After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas."
Says his budget plan "would cut our deficits by $4 trillion."
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