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The latest Truth-O-Meter items from David Adams
"More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States."
"It doesn't make sense to me to send $1-billion a day out of our country. We can be energy independent and should be."
"When NAFTA was passed, there was an acceleration of immigration from Mexico because people were in search of jobs."
Recent stories from David Adams
Sorting out the truth about guns in MexicoPresident Barack Obama and other administration officials say 90 percent of guns in Mexico come from the United States. But some caveats are in order.
Romney energy claim unrealisticRomney's energy goals are ambitious but not practical.
David Adams is the Latin America correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times.
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