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North Korea’s missiles are "not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon."
— PolitiFact Arizona on Tuesday, February 16th, 2016
It minimizes civilian casualties, Pentagon says
If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, May 28th, 2015
If anything, the number is even higher
Fleeing Syria, "a million children are now refugees."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
McCain hit this earmark right on the nose
Earmarks requested in a federal spending bill included "$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Sunday, December 19th, 2010
Not one of D.C.'s biggest lobbyists, but a lobbyist nonetheless
After J.D. Hayworth "was voted out of Congress, he became a registered lobbyist" who was "paid thousands by a Florida corporation to lobby the very committee he used to serve on."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Is Obama the Czar Czar?
"Obama has more czars than the Romanovs."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 12th, 2009
Yes, lots of earmarks
The omnibus spending bill has "9,427 pork barrel items."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Obama's no maverick
"Sen. Obama has never taken on his party leaders on a single major issue."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Fidel Castro no fan of McCain
"Fidel (Castro) has made his preferences known in the campaign and had some very unkind things to say about me."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Obama disagreed, but didn't criticize
"Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with ... the worst chapter in American history. ... And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
McCain proud to have parted ways with Bush
"I have disagreed strongly with the Bush administration on this issue" of global warming.
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Yes, South Koreans taller
"The average South Korean is 3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag."
— PolitiFact National on Saturday, September 27th, 2008
History notes elder McCain's passing
"My grandfather came home from ... (World War II) exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, September 5th, 2008
She wins popularity contest
"Governor Palin is the most popular governor in the country."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Ten years in municipal government, two as governor
Sarah Palin "has had 12 years of elected office experience."
— PolitiFact National on Sunday, August 31st, 2008
McCain knows ABBA
The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, August 15th, 2008
What a difference eight months makes
Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Thousands of "green card" soldiers in Iraq
U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan include a "few thousand that are still green card holders who are not even citizens of this country."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, July 11th, 2008
James Bond-inspired ad is on target about drilling and gas taxes
Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 27th, 2008
He's got some numbers to back him up
"You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008