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Dick Cheney stated on October 21, 2009 in a speech to the Center for Security Policy:

The Obama administration notified Poland and the Czech Republic about cancellation of major missile-defense facilities "at the last minute in midnight phone calls."

By Louis Jacobson• October 23, 2009

Facebook posts stated on September 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Poland declares war on Russia.”

By Sara Swann• September 21, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on March 03, 2023 in a Conservative Political Action Conference speech:

Says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants America’s “sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine.”

By Madison Czopek• March 3, 2023

Candace Owens stated on February 22, 2022 in a tweet:

“NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.”

By Bill McCarthy• February 28, 2022

Dick Cheney stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"At the mere request from Putin, President Obama withdrew the plans for a missile defense program based in Poland and the Czech Republic."

By Jon Greenberg• May 19, 2014

Mitt Romney stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":

The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia."

By Katie Sanders• March 23, 2014

X posts stated on February 05, 2023 in a tweet:

In Ukraine, 2,458 NATO soldiers and 234 NATO military trainers have died, some of whom are from the U.S.

By Jeff Cercone• February 6, 2023

Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

President Joe Biden was “shot” in a “behind-the-scenes execution.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 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

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

JD Vance stated on February 19, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon:

Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights."

By Jon Greenberg• February 21, 2022

Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Finland joins NATO.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 16, 2022

Dmitry Peskov stated on February 20, 2022 in an interview with a Russian TV network:

“Russia has never attacked anyone throughout its history.”

By Louis Jacobson• February 21, 2022

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

Larry Pratt stated on December 15, 2016 in a radio interview.:

Says President Barack Obama "has not condemned" shootings targeting police.

By Warren Fiske• December 27, 2016

Chris Christie stated on November 08, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami:

“In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.”

By Louis Jacobson• November 9, 2023

Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2017 in a post on Twitter:

"Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!"

By Allison Graves• March 19, 2017

Bernie Sanders stated on April 14, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.:

"We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO."

By Jon Greenberg• April 19, 2016

Hillary Clinton stated on March 17, 2008 in Washington, D.C.:

As first lady, Clinton would travel to places that were "too small, too poor or too dangerous" for the president.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 4, 2008

Hillary Clinton stated on October 25, 2016 in a rally in Florida:

Says Donald Trump "was asked if he would defend our allies. He said well, first he'd want to know if they made any payments to us to defend them."

By Miriam Valverde• October 26, 2016

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

By Louis Jacobson• March 14, 2022

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

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

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

By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2022

One year into Russia’s war in Ukraine: A look at U.S. aid, and why the U.S. is involved

By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2023

Fact-checking Trump’s TIME interview on truths and falsehoods

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• March 23, 2017

Americans on their own in Ukraine? Military-led evacuations like in Afghanistan are not the norm

By Jeff Cercone• January 31, 2022

Bad report about European Union countries providing airplanes for Ukraine stokes confusion

By Monique Curet• March 4, 2022

Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes• November 16, 2022

Understanding Poland's ‘Holocaust law’

By Manuela Tobias• March 9, 2018

Ukraine war fuels surge of fake content impersonating BBC, CNN coverage

By Bill McCarthy• April 22, 2022

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

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

Are we closer to nuclear Armageddon than any time since 1962, as Biden suggested?

By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2022

PolitiFact annotates Barack Obama's statement on shootings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile

By Louis Jacobson• July 8, 2016

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

By Bill McCarthy• April 14, 2022

Fact-checking the March 23 Sunday shows

By Aaron Sharockman• March 23, 2014

False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• February 8, 2022

PunditFact fact-checks the March 23 news shows