Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Foreign Policy Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives." Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: (Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world." Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: "Over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half." Bill Maher stated on February 10, 2016 in an essay in The Hollywood Reporter: "Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people." Hillary Clinton stated on February 7, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press: "There really isn’t any kind of foreign policy network that is supporting and advising Sen. Sanders." Hillary Clinton stated on February 4, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Durham, N.H.: Says Bernie Sanders advocated putting "Iranian troops into Syria to try and resolve the conflict there. Putting them right on the doorstep of Israel." Hillary Clinton stated on January 4, 2016 in a posting on the Clinton website: "Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people." Hillary Clinton stated on December 19, 2015 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya." Jeb Bush stated on December 15, 2015 in a GOP debate on CNN: "Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight." Jeb Bush stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on 'This Week' : "Up until recently, 75 percent of all the sorties that left the base came back without dropping their ordnances, because there was such a concern about making sure that there were no civilian casualties." Jeb Bush stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion." Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel: For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers." Hillary Clinton stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic primary forum: "I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table." Barack Obama stated on November 15, 2015 in a joint statement with the president of Turkey.: "The United States (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees." Bernie Sanders stated on November 14, 2015 in comments at the Iowa Democratic debate: 500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury." Hillary Clinton stated on October 22, 2015 in a House hearing on Benghazi: Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account." Ron Johnson stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview: Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working." Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China. Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address: Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital." Martin O'Malley stated on September 10, 2015 in interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS. Bloggers stated on June 6, 2015 in social media posts: "U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence on June 4th in Order to Accommodate Muslims." Barack Obama stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview with the 'New York Times.': "Iran’s defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion." Mitch McConnell stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism." Tom Cotton stated on March 9, 2015 in a letter to Iranian leaders: If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time." Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds." Mario Diaz-Balart stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference: Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions." Barack Obama stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade." Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014: "The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba." Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up." Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014 in a press conference: In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy."
Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives." Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: (Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world." Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: "Over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half." Bill Maher stated on February 10, 2016 in an essay in The Hollywood Reporter: "Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people." Hillary Clinton stated on February 7, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press: "There really isn’t any kind of foreign policy network that is supporting and advising Sen. Sanders." Hillary Clinton stated on February 4, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Durham, N.H.: Says Bernie Sanders advocated putting "Iranian troops into Syria to try and resolve the conflict there. Putting them right on the doorstep of Israel." Hillary Clinton stated on January 4, 2016 in a posting on the Clinton website: "Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people." Hillary Clinton stated on December 19, 2015 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya." Jeb Bush stated on December 15, 2015 in a GOP debate on CNN: "Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight." Jeb Bush stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on 'This Week' : "Up until recently, 75 percent of all the sorties that left the base came back without dropping their ordnances, because there was such a concern about making sure that there were no civilian casualties." Jeb Bush stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion." Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel: For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers." Hillary Clinton stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic primary forum: "I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table." Barack Obama stated on November 15, 2015 in a joint statement with the president of Turkey.: "The United States (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees." Bernie Sanders stated on November 14, 2015 in comments at the Iowa Democratic debate: 500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury." Hillary Clinton stated on October 22, 2015 in a House hearing on Benghazi: Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account." Ron Johnson stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview: Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working." Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China. Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address: Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital." Martin O'Malley stated on September 10, 2015 in interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS. Bloggers stated on June 6, 2015 in social media posts: "U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence on June 4th in Order to Accommodate Muslims." Barack Obama stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview with the 'New York Times.': "Iran’s defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion." Mitch McConnell stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism." Tom Cotton stated on March 9, 2015 in a letter to Iranian leaders: If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time." Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds." Mario Diaz-Balart stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference: Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions." Barack Obama stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade." Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014: "The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba." Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up." Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014 in a press conference: In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy."
Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives."
Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: (Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world."
Gayle Smith stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill: "Over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half."
Bill Maher stated on February 10, 2016 in an essay in The Hollywood Reporter: "Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."
Hillary Clinton stated on February 7, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press: "There really isn’t any kind of foreign policy network that is supporting and advising Sen. Sanders."
Hillary Clinton stated on February 4, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Durham, N.H.: Says Bernie Sanders advocated putting "Iranian troops into Syria to try and resolve the conflict there. Putting them right on the doorstep of Israel."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 4, 2016 in a posting on the Clinton website: "Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people."
Hillary Clinton stated on December 19, 2015 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya."
Jeb Bush stated on December 15, 2015 in a GOP debate on CNN: "Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight."
Jeb Bush stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on 'This Week' : "Up until recently, 75 percent of all the sorties that left the base came back without dropping their ordnances, because there was such a concern about making sure that there were no civilian casualties."
Jeb Bush stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion."
Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel: For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers."
Hillary Clinton stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic primary forum: "I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table."
Barack Obama stated on November 15, 2015 in a joint statement with the president of Turkey.: "The United States (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees."
Bernie Sanders stated on November 14, 2015 in comments at the Iowa Democratic debate: 500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 22, 2015 in a House hearing on Benghazi: Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account."
Ron Johnson stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview: Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working."
Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China.
Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address: Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."
Martin O'Malley stated on September 10, 2015 in interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.
Bloggers stated on June 6, 2015 in social media posts: "U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence on June 4th in Order to Accommodate Muslims."
Barack Obama stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview with the 'New York Times.': "Iran’s defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion."
Mitch McConnell stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."
Tom Cotton stated on March 9, 2015 in a letter to Iranian leaders: If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time."
Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds."
Mario Diaz-Balart stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference: Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions."
Barack Obama stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade."
Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014: "The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."
Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up."
Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014 in a press conference: In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy."