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Stephanie Garry
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Stephanie Garry
Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

UPDATED: Eight houses for John & Cindy McCain

John McCain has seven houses.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

False

No shortage of choppers for floods

"Our National Guard, as we saw in the Midwest flooding, can't function as effectively as it could. I was talking to National Guard representatives. Fifteen of their 17 helicopters in this region were overseas during the flooding."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

True

Statistics don't lie in this case

"More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled — doubled — since we were children."

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Mostly False

He had it wrapped up in March

"My husband didn't wrap up the nomination until June."

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Half-True

'Very well' in Mass. and Calif.

"I did very well with young people in Ohio, Massachusetts, California."

James Dobson

James Dobson

True

McCain knew it would get him in trouble

John McCain "said publicly that Hillary Clinton would make a good president."

Recent stories from Stephanie Garry
The Guard is strained, but so are Obama's facts

Sen. Barack Obama used this summer's Midwest flooding to illustrate his point that the Guard and Reserves are overtaxed. Good point, bad example.

Clinton's calendar miscalculation

History is not on Sen. Hillary Clinton's side with references to '92, '68 elections.

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