Statements on Foreign Affairs
Republican Party of Florida
Pants on fire!
"Fidel Castro endorses Obama."

Republican Party of Florida on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 in an e-mail. >>Details


Obama
Mostly true
"Ronald Reagan met with Gorbachev; Kennedy met with Khruschev; and Nixon met with Mao — and these were folks who have done horrendous damage not only to their own countries but to other countries."

Barack Obama on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 in an interview on Fox News' America’s Election HQ >>Details


Obama
True
John McCain "has not led on nonproliferation issues when he had the chance in the Senate."

Barack Obama on Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 in a statement by campaign spokesman Bill Burton >>Details


McCain
True
"Sen. Obama has declared, and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions."

John McCain on Monday, May 19th, 2008 in Chicago >>Details


McCain
False
Iran "might not be a superpower, but the threat the government of Iran poses is anything but 'tiny,'" as Obama says.

John McCain on Monday, May 19th, 2008 in Chicago >>Details


MoveOn.org
Half-True
McCain "voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban."

MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail >>Details


McCain
Mostly true
"It is just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson, is endorsing Senator Obama."

John McCain on Friday, April 25th, 2008 in a media availability in Little Rock, Ark. >>Details


The Democratic National Committee
Half-True
"McCain has voted repeatedly at least six times against funding for global HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB fund, once as one of only 14 senators."

The Democratic National Committee on Monday, April 28th, 2008 in a news release. >>Details


Obama
Half-True
"Hillary Clinton supported NAFTA and permanent China trade. Pennsylvania lost thousands of jobs."

Barack Obama on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 in a mailer to Pennsylvania voters >>Details


Clinton
True
"Again today (Ahmadinejad) made light of 9/11, and said that he's not even sure it happened and that people actually died."

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in a television debate in Philadelphia. >>Details


on the Family Action
False
"Among his (Obama's) pet projects is a bill ... which would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid."

Focus on the Family Action on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details


Clinton
Pants on fire!
"Hillary (Clinton), one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995."

Bill Clinton on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 in Boonville, Ind. >>Details


Clinton
Barely True
As first lady, Clinton would travel to places that were "too small, too poor or too dangerous" for the president.

Hillary Clinton on Monday, March 17th, 2008 in Washington, D.C. >>Details


Morris
False
Hillary Clinton's international travels included "no serious diplomacy."

Dick Morris on Friday, March 21st, 2008 in an opinion article in the New York Post >>Details


McCain
False
Obama "has no experience or background at all in national security affairs."

John McCain on Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 in interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” >>Details


Clinton
Pants on fire!
"I remember landing under sniper fire."

Hillary Clinton on Monday, March 17th, 2008 in Washington, D.C. >>Details


Clinton
Half-True
"I've been standing up against ... the Chinese government over women's rights and standing up for human rights."

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 in an interview on CNN's American Morning >>Details


Clinton
Half-True
"I helped to bring peace to Northern Ireland."

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 in an interview on CNN's American Morning. >>Details


Clinton
Barely True
"I negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from Kosovo."

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 in an interview on CNN's American Morning. >>Details


Clinton
Pants on fire!
Obama "basically threatened to bomb Pakistan."

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 in a debate in Cleveland, Ohio. >>Details


Clinton
True
"He (Obama) chairs the subcommittee on Europe. ... He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight."

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 in a debate in Cleveland >>Details


McCain
Pants on fire!
Obama "suggested bombing Pakistan."

John McCain on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 in a media availability in Columbus, Ohio. >>Details


Bush
False
Barack Obama said "he's going to attack Pakistan and embrace (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad."

George W. Bush on Sunday, February 10th, 2008 in Camp David >>Details


Obama
Mostly true
Hillary Clinton agrees with John McCain "by voting to give George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran."

Barack Obama on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in Denver >>Details


Obama
Barely True
Hillary Clinton "agrees with (John McCain) in embracing the Bush-Cheney policy of not talking to leaders we don't like."

Barack Obama on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in Denver >>Details


Obama
False
"I know that Hillary on occasion has said — just last year said this (NAFTA) was a boon to the economy."

Barack Obama on Monday, January 21st, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. >>Details


McCain
Mostly true
"Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."

John McCain on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 in a Web ad >>Details


Biden
Barely True
Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia."

Joe Biden on Thursday, December 27th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details


Giuliani
Barely True
"Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …"

Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details


Biden
True
"When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did."

Joe Biden on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details


Clinton
Half-True
Sen. Obama "made the very argument he is now criticizing back in November 2006."

Hillary Clinton on Thursday, October 25th, 2007 in >>Details


Obama
Half-True
Obama spokesman Bill Burton says Clinton gave Bush "a blank check on a critical foreign policy issue."

Barack Obama on Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in >>Details


Paul
Mostly true
"The founders advised non-interventionism."

Ron Paul on Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in Orlando >>Details


Dodd
Mostly true
“We're spending $1.6 billion for all of Latin America in terms of aid and assistance, a fraction of what we're spending in Iraq, the $500 billion we've spent there"

Chris Dodd on Sunday, September 9th, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla. >>Details


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