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Nikki Haley stated on November 28, 2023 in an event in Derry, N.H.:

China “had the largest naval fleet in the world. They had 370 ships. They'll have 400 ships in two years. We won't even have 350 ships in two decades."

By Louis Jacobson• December 4, 2023

Glenn Beck stated on January 29, 2010 in his Fox News program:

"Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening."

By Robert Farley• February 3, 2010

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

North Carolina Republican Party stated on July 19, 2016 in a roll call at the Republican National Convention:

Says North Carolina is "home of the largest military installations in the world."

By Will Doran• July 21, 2016

Chain email stated on February 19, 2012 in an email:

Says Texas retained the right to have a navy when it joined the United States.

By Sue Owen• April 4, 2012

Randy Forbes stated on April 21, 2016 in a radio interview.:

China is "going to have twice the number of submarines we have in just over a decade."

By Sean Gorman• May 2, 2016

Viral image stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Says Military Times reported that a study found “60% of sailors who had been fully vaccinated with 2-shot series vaccines are now at risk for heart disease.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 18, 2021

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

Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address:

Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 5, 2015

Ralph Peters stated on September 24, 2014 in an interview on "America's Newsroom":

Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties."

By Katie Sanders• September 25, 2014

Instagram posts stated on March 14, 2024 in Instagram posts:

CNN posted on X that Kenyan President William Ruto called President Joe Biden to organize a “naval invasion of the Haitian coast.”

By Sofia Ahmed• March 19, 2024

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

Vet TV stated on May 23, 2017 in a web page:

"Trump Removing Marines From the Navy."

By Louis Jacobson• June 7, 2017

TikTok posts stated on August 01, 2021 in a TikTok post:

"Norfolk naval base has been taken by NATO."

By Bill McCarthy• August 27, 2021

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

Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2023 in a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan:

Said he was “able to convince India, Australia, Japan, and the United States to form an organization called the Quad to maintain stability in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea."

By Louis Jacobson• May 26, 2023

John Cornyn stated on November 04, 2010 in a statement:

Says Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, is "the largest military installation in the free world."

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 15, 2010

Pamela Geller stated on July 16, 2015 in a tweet :

"ISIS supporter tweeted at 10:34 a.m. Shooting began at 10:45 a.m." in Chattanooga, Tenn.

By Anna Bruzgulis• July 21, 2015

John McCain stated on May 24, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon."

By Louis Jacobson• May 28, 2015

Alexi Giannoulias stated on July 08, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

"He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."

By Robert Farley• July 8, 2010

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

New Koch ad uses Louisiana veteran's health care experience against Mary Landrieu

By Steve Contorno• April 29, 2014

FACT SHEET: Who was in military?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 21, 2007

Who is Seth Moulton? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Louis Jacobson• June 21, 2019

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

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• December 10, 2019

Tammy Duckworth pega a Mark Kirk por sus logros militares

By Matt Dietrich• November 7, 2016

Remembering John McCain

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 26, 2018

It's hard to pin down Hollywood's benefit to Virginia

By Sean Gorman• March 25, 2013

The US may not have an Iron Dome, but the military is spending on this technology. Here’s how.

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 13, 2023

What we know about today’s Taliban

By Jon Greenberg• September 1, 2021

Donald Trump's Afghanistan address, fact-checked

By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2017

Comparing the GOP candidates' ISIS strategies with Obama's

By Linda Qiu• December 26, 2015

Kamala Harris didn’t break protocol, only past practice, in not returning military salutes

By Tom Kertscher• March 26, 2021

Is the migrant caravan an invasion?

By Miriam Valverde• November 7, 2018

Did Gen. Mark Milley overstep on nuclear launch meeting, call to China?

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• September 16, 2021

What you need to know about Donald Trump, Russia and Ukraine

By Linda Qiu• August 4, 2016

Trump blamed Iran for a strike that hit a girls’ school. Open-source intelligence contradicted that

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• March 11, 2026

PolitiFact fact-checks the Jan. 10 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• January 11, 2016

Florida’s attorney general said state is ‘under attack’ from weather modification. Is that true?

By Loreben Tuquero• July 21, 2025

Fact-checking the Jan. 10 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• January 10, 2016

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