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Barack Obama stated on March 28, 2011 in a televised address:
"Regime change (in Iraq) took eight years"
By Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2011
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
Barry Hinckley stated on April 21, 2012 in an interview on State of the State:
President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 27, 2012
Mike Pence stated on October 04, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:
Says "Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement."
By Jon Greenberg• October 5, 2016
Jeb Bush stated on May 13, 2015 in a response to a question after a town hall meeting:
"We had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops" in Iraq.
By Joshua Gillin• May 18, 2015
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on January 21, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Says David Jolly’s former firm lobbied "for hundreds of millions (of dollars) for a dictator in Pakistan."
By Joshua Gillin• January 27, 2014
Russia Today stated on March 04, 2014 in a posting on their website:
The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances."
By Jon Greenberg• March 5, 2014
Dave McCormick stated on April 04, 2022 in an ad:
Mehmet Oz "called for a New Zealand-style gun ban" and said "Americans should have less access to guns."
By Tom Kertscher• April 15, 2022
Martha Raddatz stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort."
By Katie Sanders• August 24, 2014
Facebook posts stated on March 01, 2022 in a post:
Ukraine issued a press release about Joe Biden
By Monique Curet• March 7, 2022
Joe Sanfelippo stated on November 09, 2020 in a news release:
“Clerks in Milwaukee and Dane Counties colluded to (add) nearly 250,000 individuals to the ‘Indefinitely Confined’ voter list.”
By Eric Litke• November 21, 2020
Mark Pocan stated on December 08, 2016 in an appearance on Fox News:
"In the last decade, 73% of new jobs (in Wisconsin) have come from Madison."  
By Eric Litke• January 19, 2017
Dane County Republican Party stated on August 25, 2017 in a news release:
"The KKK was founded as the military arm of the Democratic Party." 
By D.L. Davis• October 23, 2017
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
Roy Blunt stated on August 13, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"U.S. agricultural & food exports are expected to increase more than $2 billion annually under #USMCA"
By Greta Serrin• September 17, 2019
Tommy Thompson stated on July 22, 2012 in an interview:
 "I have voted every year in Wisconsin."
By Tom Kertscher• August 10, 2012
Kathleen Falk stated on April 09, 2012 in a television ad:
"Together we added more jobs than any other area" while I was Dane County executive.
By Dave Umhoefer• April 13, 2012
Jay Sekulow stated on January 22, 2020 in the Senate impeachment trial:
Says President Donald Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid was like when "the Obama administration withheld $585 million of promised aid to Egypt in 2013 ... (and within the  fiscal year) they didn't have to disclose the halt to anyone."
By Jon Greenberg• January 28, 2020
Cindi Duchow stated on November 09, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly:
"Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect."
By D.L. Davis• January 26, 2024
Francesca Hong stated on June 12, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Nearly 25 cents of every $1 spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers.”
By Madeline Heim• July 30, 2025

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