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Viral image stated on August 09, 2017 in a Twitter post:

"Bill Clinton gave North Korea $5 billion and two nuclear reactors in 1994, essentially giving them nukes."

By Joshua Gillin• August 9, 2017

Barack Obama stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech in Miami:

"We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 2, 2012

Stephen Hayes stated on December 28, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":

"We've caught Iran cheating on the interim (nuclear) deal."

By Jon Greenberg• December 31, 2014

Viral image stated on December 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Bill Clinton "gave nukes to North Korea," Barack Obama "gave nukes to Iran," and Hillary Clinton "gave uranium to Russia."

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 9, 2020

John McCain stated on June 02, 2008 in a speech in Nashville, Tenn.:

"The U.S. Navy has sailed ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them and we've never had an accident."

By Robert Farley• June 9, 2008

Michael Morell stated on February 18, 2015 in a broadcast of "Charlie Rose":

The potential Iran nuclear agreement would limit Iran to the number of centrifuges needed for a weapon but too few for a nuclear power program.

By Jon Greenberg• February 25, 2015

Bill Kristol stated on March 13, 2011 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

"Twenty percent of our electricity currently comes from nuclear power plants. I think there are 104 in the United States, two of them around the coast in California."

By Louis Jacobson• March 16, 2011

Karen Handel stated on June 08, 2017 in a debate:

Says Iran has "violated the terms of the (nuclear) deal."

By John Kruzel• June 14, 2017

Donald Trump stated on June 12, 2018 in Singapore press conference:

Says Bill Clinton "spent $3 billion and got nothing. And (North Korea) started making nuclear weapons a day later."

By Manuela Tobias• June 13, 2018

Johnny Isakson stated on March 15, 2011 in a YouTube.com video:

"There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s."

By Willoughby Mariano• April 1, 2011

Lawrence O'Donnell stated on March 22, 2011 in MSNBC's "Last Word":

"Most Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant."

By Robert Farley• March 24, 2011

Juan Williams stated on June 03, 2018 in on a panel:

North Korea's history of international negotiations shows "they'll take the concessions, they'll keep them in their pocket and then they won't deliver."

By John Kruzel• June 7, 2018

Harry Reid stated on February 19, 2010 in a television interview with Las Vegas political analyst Jon Ralston:

"We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."

By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2010

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."

By Jon Greenberg• December 21, 2014

Lamar Alexander stated on March 09, 2010 in an op-ed article:

"No member of the American public has ever been killed by commercial nuclear power — a record unmatched by other fuels."

By Hadas Gold• April 22, 2010

Russian Embassy in Canada stated on March 01, 2022 in a statement:

"The Russian army does not occupy Ukrainian territory."

By Louis Jacobson• March 3, 2022

Ted Cruz stated on May 17, 2023 in a speech at the Hudson Institute:

Barack Obama said that Iran has a “right” to nuclear technology, including weapons.

By Sarah Bahari• June 13, 2023

Tom Kean stated on August 01, 2011 in a question-and-answer column in The Star-Ledger:

"I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country."

By Erin O'Neill• August 9, 2011

Bill Richardson stated on October 30, 2007 in a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.:

"I've got the most international experience here."

By Michael Van Sickler• November 4, 2007

Facebook posts stated on September 08, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says aquatic life near Alaska, Canada and Australia have been found with cancer and mutations as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

By Daniel Funke• September 11, 2019

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