Latest Fact-checks in Military Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category LZ Granderson stated on September 28, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush. Ralph Peters stated on September 24, 2014 in an interview on "America's Newsroom": Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties." Ryan Lizza stated on September 22, 2014 in a tweet: "Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4" Rachel Maddow stated on March 27, 2012 in her book "Drift": "Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president. Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting." Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in Internet posts: "Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders." John McCain stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "(Obama's) entire national security team, including his secretary of state, said we want to arm and train and equip (Syrian rebel forces), and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down." Rand Paul stated on August 14, 2014 in an opinion column: "Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts." Bloggers stated on August 19, 2014 in stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State. Ed Gillespie stated on July 26, 2014 in a debate.: "This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare." Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006." David Alameel stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention: Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War. Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time." John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media." Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants." Jack Kingston stated on May 12, 2014 in Campaign ad: President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk. Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War." Paul Ryan stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us." Mike Rogers stated on June 15, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. Ken Paxton stated on June 6, 2014 in a speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention: "At the beginning of World War II, we had a relatively small army, smaller than Portugal’s." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices.": "The U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones. Stephen Hayes stated on June 8, 2014 in a discussion on "Fox News Sunday": The Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk." Charles Krauthammer stated on June 4, 2014 in remarks on Fox News: The Israelis "gave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant." Rachel Maddow stated on June 3, 2014 in comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq. Chain email stated on June 5, 2014 in emails circulating on the Internet: Due to actions by President Barack Obama, "the Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases." Claire McCaskill stated on June 1, 2014 in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday": Says Hillary Clinton "laid the groundwork" for getting chemical weapons out of Syria. John McCain stated on June 1, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": The five Taliban detainees being released from Guantanamo in exchange for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are the hardest of the hard-core. These are the highest high-risk people." Chain email stated on May 30, 2014 in messages on the Internet: Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day. Ron Johnson stated on May 6, 2014 in an opinion article: Before the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, "the State Department not only failed to honor repeated requests for additional security, but instead actually reduced security in Libya."
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LZ Granderson stated on September 28, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush. Ralph Peters stated on September 24, 2014 in an interview on "America's Newsroom": Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties." Ryan Lizza stated on September 22, 2014 in a tweet: "Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4" Rachel Maddow stated on March 27, 2012 in her book "Drift": "Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president. Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting." Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in Internet posts: "Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders." John McCain stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "(Obama's) entire national security team, including his secretary of state, said we want to arm and train and equip (Syrian rebel forces), and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down." Rand Paul stated on August 14, 2014 in an opinion column: "Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts." Bloggers stated on August 19, 2014 in stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State. Ed Gillespie stated on July 26, 2014 in a debate.: "This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare." Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006." David Alameel stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention: Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War. Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time." John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media." Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants." Jack Kingston stated on May 12, 2014 in Campaign ad: President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk. Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War." Paul Ryan stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us." Mike Rogers stated on June 15, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. Ken Paxton stated on June 6, 2014 in a speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention: "At the beginning of World War II, we had a relatively small army, smaller than Portugal’s." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices.": "The U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones. Stephen Hayes stated on June 8, 2014 in a discussion on "Fox News Sunday": The Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk." Charles Krauthammer stated on June 4, 2014 in remarks on Fox News: The Israelis "gave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant." Rachel Maddow stated on June 3, 2014 in comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq. Chain email stated on June 5, 2014 in emails circulating on the Internet: Due to actions by President Barack Obama, "the Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases." Claire McCaskill stated on June 1, 2014 in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday": Says Hillary Clinton "laid the groundwork" for getting chemical weapons out of Syria. John McCain stated on June 1, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": The five Taliban detainees being released from Guantanamo in exchange for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are the hardest of the hard-core. These are the highest high-risk people." Chain email stated on May 30, 2014 in messages on the Internet: Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day. Ron Johnson stated on May 6, 2014 in an opinion article: Before the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, "the State Department not only failed to honor repeated requests for additional security, but instead actually reduced security in Libya."
LZ Granderson stated on September 28, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.
Ralph Peters stated on September 24, 2014 in an interview on "America's Newsroom": Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties."
Rachel Maddow stated on March 27, 2012 in her book "Drift": "Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president.
Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."
Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in Internet posts: "Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders."
John McCain stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "(Obama's) entire national security team, including his secretary of state, said we want to arm and train and equip (Syrian rebel forces), and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down."
Rand Paul stated on August 14, 2014 in an opinion column: "Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."
Bloggers stated on August 19, 2014 in stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State.
Ed Gillespie stated on July 26, 2014 in a debate.: "This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare."
Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."
David Alameel stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention: Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.
Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."
John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."
Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants."
Jack Kingston stated on May 12, 2014 in Campaign ad: President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk.
Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
Paul Ryan stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."
Mike Rogers stated on June 15, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq.
Ken Paxton stated on June 6, 2014 in a speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention: "At the beginning of World War II, we had a relatively small army, smaller than Portugal’s."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices.": "The U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
Stephen Hayes stated on June 8, 2014 in a discussion on "Fox News Sunday": The Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk."
Charles Krauthammer stated on June 4, 2014 in remarks on Fox News: The Israelis "gave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant."
Rachel Maddow stated on June 3, 2014 in comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq.
Chain email stated on June 5, 2014 in emails circulating on the Internet: Due to actions by President Barack Obama, "the Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases."
Claire McCaskill stated on June 1, 2014 in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday": Says Hillary Clinton "laid the groundwork" for getting chemical weapons out of Syria.
John McCain stated on June 1, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": The five Taliban detainees being released from Guantanamo in exchange for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are the hardest of the hard-core. These are the highest high-risk people."
Chain email stated on May 30, 2014 in messages on the Internet: Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day.
Ron Johnson stated on May 6, 2014 in an opinion article: Before the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, "the State Department not only failed to honor repeated requests for additional security, but instead actually reduced security in Libya."
