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Donald Trump stated on March 09, 2026 in a press conference:

Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”

By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2026

Karen Handel stated on June 06, 2017 in a debate:

"Nearly $2 billion in cash was flown over to Iran, money that the Obama administration has admitted is being used for terrorists and to support further activities there."

By Jon Greenberg• June 7, 2017

Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

U.S. destroyer recently fired at an armed Iranian ship.

By Jeff Cercone• May 26, 2023

Mitt Romney stated on January 16, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:

The U.S. military is at risk of losing its "military superiority" because "our Navy is smaller than it's been since 1917. Our Air Force is smaller and older than any time since 1947."

By Louis Jacobson• January 18, 2012

Ron Johnson stated on January 22, 2016 in a campaign email:

Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism."

By Tom Kertscher• January 29, 2016

Donald Trump stated on August 01, 2024 in a Truth Social post:

In negotiating releases of Americans held abroad, “(I) gave the opposing country NOTHING — and never any cash.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann• August 7, 2024

Chain email stated on June 05, 2014 in emails circulating on the Internet:

Due to actions by President Barack Obama, "the Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases."

By Louis Jacobson• June 5, 2014

Mitt Romney stated on July 29, 2012 in an interview on 'Face the Nation.':

President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."

By Jon Greenberg• July 31, 2012

Tim Ryan stated on March 16, 2011 in a House committee hearing:

"A report in Navy Times said that 7.3 percent of Army, Navy and Marines have thought about attempting suicide."

By Sabrina Eaton• April 8, 2011

David Perdue stated on April 27, 2015 in his debut Senate floor speech:

The United States is "about to have the smallest Army since before WWII, the smallest Navy since WWI and the smallest Air Force ever."

By April Hunt• May 4, 2015

E.W. Jackson stated on July 04, 2015 in a news release.:

Says President Obama "is reducing our naval fleet to 1917 levels..."

By Sean Gorman• July 13, 2015

Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:

In 1988, in response to Iran’s attack on the U.S.S. Samuel Roberts, President Ronald Reagan "destroyed half of Iran’s Navy."

By Tom Kertscher• January 15, 2020

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

Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2017 in a statement on the White House website:

"Our Navy has shrunk from more than 500 ships in 1991 to 275 in 2016."

By Amy Sherman• January 20, 2017

John Hutson stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

Donald Trump "called the military that I served in a disaster."

By Louis Jacobson• July 28, 2016

Donald Trump stated on March 04, 2025 in a speech to Congress:

"All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite.”

By Amy Sherman• March 11, 2025

Marco Rubio stated on April 25, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit:

The United States "is not building the aircraft, the long-range bombers, the additional aircraft carriers, the nuclear submarines."

By Amy Sherman• May 5, 2015

Tom Bossert stated on September 11, 2017 in a White House press briefing:

The mobilization of the military in response to the storms in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands "is the largest ever mobilization of our military in a naval and marine operation" and an Air Force carrier there "was the first-ever as well."

By Allison Graves• September 14, 2017

Leon Panetta stated on October 23, 2011 in congressional testimony:

"After every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts."

By Louis Jacobson• October 26, 2011

Jim Sensenbrenner stated on April 15, 2014 in a town-hall meeting:

President Barack Obama’s budget threatens national security by proposing "an Army of fewer personnel than we had before Pearl Harbor."

By Dave Umhoefer• May 4, 2014

Has the US ‘destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability’? Fact-checking President Donald Trump

By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2026

Trump's press conference: Fact-checking what he said on Iran’s air defenses, his bin Laden warning

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• April 6, 2026

Fact-checking misinformation about Iran and a US military draft

By Daniel Funke• January 6, 2020

How long will the Iran war last? See Trump’s timeline shift

By Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand• March 30, 2026

Top 5 fact-checks: Republican candidates take aim at Biden’s foreign policy in Miami debate

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• November 9, 2023

Meet Donald Trump's 88 military advisers

By Allison Graves, Aaron Sharockman• September 8, 2016

PolitiFact Sheet: Defense spending under Obama and Congress

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 14, 2015

PolitiFact Sheet: Military spending under Obama and Congress

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 14, 2015

Mitt Romney warns U.S. military is becoming archaic

By Louis Jacobson• January 18, 2012

Ask PolitiFact: Why do Saudi pilots train at US military sites such as Pensacola?

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• December 10, 2019

Anatomy of a talking point: the smallest Navy since 1917

By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2015

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claims about Syria and US troop withdrawal

By Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• October 8, 2019

Graham promoting himself as foreign policy expert

By Nancy Badertscher• September 21, 2015

Checking Romney's campaign speech in Atlanta

By Willoughby Mariano, Eric Stirgus• February 8, 2012

When McCain was in charge

By Bill Adair• July 1, 2008

Strait of Hormuz: What to know about the crucial oil passage Iran might block following US strikes

By Madison Czopek, Ella Moore• June 23, 2025

Mailbag on George P. Bush claim: 'Like saying you took a shower when you took a bath'

By W. Gardner Selby• February 19, 2018

PunditFact fact-checks the Oct. 5 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 5, 2014

How Iran and the United States came to the brink

By Jon Greenberg• January 7, 2020

Fact-checking the Oct. 5 news shows