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Search results for "77 years ago, America and our allies came together to form NATO"

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Joe Biden stated on October 02, 2008 in St. Louis:
John McCain said "he wouldn't even sit down with the government of Spain, a NATO ally that has troops in Afghanistan with us now."
By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 2, 2008
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."  
By Amy Sherman• November 25, 2015
Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2021 in a press conference:
There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.
By Miriam Valverde• August 26, 2021
Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a Threads post:
“NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says that ‘if Trump surrenders Ukraine to Putin, he will personally expel the United States from the alliance.’”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 13, 2024
Bloggers stated on August 12, 2011 in web pages:
Say Ohio Reps. Marcia Fudge, Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."
By Tom Feran, Charles Pope• September 6, 2011
Instagram posts stated on July 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Donald Trump and Joe Biden both died years ago.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 14, 2023
X posts stated on January 31, 2023 in tweets:
President Joe Biden said, “The idea that we’re going to send in tanks to Ukraine, that’s called World War III.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 2, 2023
MAGA Inc stated on March 07, 2024 in an ad:
President Joe Biden said “do whatever the hell they want,” paused, and then said, “I guess I should clear my mind here a little bit.”
By Amy Sherman• March 13, 2024
Rick Santorum stated on February 17, 2012 in a campaign event:
Says in the last 20 years, the French have not "stood by" the United States on foreign policy.
By Louis Jacobson• February 22, 2012
Nicholas Burns stated on July 11, 2018 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
European allies "pay us $2.5 billion a year to keep our forces there. It would cost us more money to bring the troops home than to keep them in Europe."
By Louis Jacobson• July 12, 2018
Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio:
"I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."
By Louis Jacobson• August 16, 2016
Barack Obama stated on July 19, 2008 in an e-mail from Obama spokesman Bill Burton to reporters:
McCain has switched to Obama's position on more troops to Afghanistan.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 22, 2008
Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech at Democratic National Convention:
"John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time."
By Robert Farley• August 28, 2008
Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University:
"NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO."
By Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2016
Donald Trump stated on April 12, 2017 in a press conference:
On whether NATO is "obsolete."
By Lauren Carroll• April 12, 2017
X posts stated on April 04, 2022 in a tweet:
“The Russian army captured the U.S Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. … in the besieged Ukrainian Azov camp in Mariupol.”
By Bill McCarthy• April 5, 2022
Joe Biden stated on July 09, 2024 in a speech in Washington D.C.:
In 2020, “only nine NATO allies were spending 2%” of their GDP on defense. “This year, 23 will spend at least 2%.”
By Madison Czopek• July 12, 2024
Rex Tillerson stated on October 15, 2017 in a CNN "State of the Union" interview:
"The president early on called on NATO member countries to step up their contributions ... and as a result of that countries have stepped up contributions toward their own defense."
By Allison Graves• October 15, 2017
Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Joe Biden confirms WW3 live on TV.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2023
Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2008 in a rally in Springfield, Ill.:
Says McCain "supported George Bush's policies 95 percent of the time."
By Bill Adair• August 23, 2008

Articles (7980)

In context: What the White House has said about sending troops to fight Russia

By Louis Jacobson• December 13, 2023

Why Donald Trump’s boast that he got ‘delinquent’ NATO allies to ‘pay up’ is misleading

By Amy Sherman• February 14, 2024

Fact-checking Donald Trump's Davos speech on Greenland, US economy

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 21, 2026

Ask PolitiFact: What’s Ukraine’s history of trying to join NATO?

By Bill McCarthy• April 14, 2022

Obama ballyhoos Afghan stance

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 22, 2008

Joe Biden’s inauguration in extraordinary times, fact-checked

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• January 20, 2021

Is Donald Trump’s NATO talk a warning or a negotiating tactic? Here’s what he has said

By Matthew Crowley, Amy Sherman• March 6, 2024

Fact-checking President Trump’s NATO summit news conference in Brussels

By Jon Greenberg, Bill McCarthy• July 12, 2018

Mailbag: 'Your analysis is pathetic'

By Louis Jacobson• August 31, 2016

Hillary Clinton says of Libya, 'We did not lose a single American in that action'

By Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2016

Taylor Swift: Singer, songwriter, psyop? How conservative pundits spread a wild theory

By Madison Czopek• February 2, 2024

Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech, annotated

By Joseph Cariz, Taylor Leighton, Adam Thorp• July 29, 2016

McCain's Spanish dancing

By Bill Adair• September 29, 2008

The case for and against establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine

By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2022

Could a strike by Russia on Poland trigger Article 5 and bring NATO into war?

By Louis Jacobson• March 14, 2022

Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Charleston, W.Va.

By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2018

Fact-checking President Joe Biden’s NATO press conference

By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 12, 2024

Fact-checking Trump's text message to Norway’s prime minister about Nobel Peace Prize, NATO

By Amy Sherman• January 20, 2026

PunditFact fact-checks the Aug. 31 news shows

By Steve Contorno, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• August 31, 2014

Fact-checking the Aug. 31 news shows

By Steve Contorno, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• August 31, 2014