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Chris Murphy stated on March 01, 2026 in an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation":

“There is no history … that shows an air campaign alone will result in positive regime change. In fact, there's not a single example of it in the entirety of American history.”

By Louis Jacobson• March 2, 2026

Pete Hegseth stated on March 24, 2025 in an interview:

"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.

By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• March 26, 2025

Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2026 in a video:

On the US seeking regime change

By Amy Sherman• March 3, 2026

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

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

Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”

By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2026

Markwayne Mullin stated on March 25, 2025 in a video on X:

“Hillary Clinton was sending classified documents that were stamped TS or TSSCI.”

By Madison Czopek• March 28, 2025

Hillary Clinton stated on February 04, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Durham, N.H.:

Says Bernie Sanders advocated putting "Iranian troops into Syria to try and resolve the conflict there. Putting them right on the doorstep of Israel."

By Jon Greenberg• February 5, 2016

Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2018 in a tweet:

"Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria.

By Miriam Valverde• December 21, 2018

Donald Trump Jr. stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet:

“Donald Trump is the first president in modern history (who) did not start a new war.”

By Noah Y. Kim• February 2, 2021

Donald Trump stated on March 29, 2026 in remarks aboard Air Force One:

“We've had regime change.”

By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• April 1, 2026

Brett McGurk stated on October 20, 2019 in an MSNBC appearance:

"President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region."

By Bill McCarthy• October 22, 2019

Bill Maher stated on February 10, 2016 in an essay in The Hollywood Reporter:

"Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 22, 2016

Pete Hegseth stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:

The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.”

By Amy Sherman• May 6, 2025

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

Sarah Palin stated on February 28, 2014 in a post on Facebook:

Says she made an "accurate prediction" that if Barack Obama were elected it would encourage Russia to invade Ukraine.

By Jon Greenberg• March 4, 2014

Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2022 in a video:

“North Korea sent more than 100,000 troops to Russia for the Ukraine War!”

By Andy Nguyen• September 29, 2022

Instagram posts stated on October 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Biden is “funding every angle” of the Israel-Hamas war.

By Jeff Cercone• October 13, 2023

Robert Gates stated on January 13, 2014 in an interview with NPR:

On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War.

By Steve Contorno• January 16, 2014

Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2022 in a video:

"America (is) trying to overthrow the Ukraine government just as the shadow government has infiltrated and overthrown the US government."

By Monique Curet• April 22, 2022

Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":

Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."

By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2014

Fact-check: Senate confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth

By Louis Jacobson, Sara Swann• January 14, 2025

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

By Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand• March 30, 2026

Social media users questioned Pete Hegseth, Pope Leo's Bible quotes. Here's the full context

By Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• April 17, 2026

Did Trump violate War Powers Act by bombing Iran nuclear sites?

By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2025

Fact-checking Trump’s conclusion that Iran war was a ‘total’ US victory

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 8, 2026

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

Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say

By Louis Jacobson• June 23, 2025

Ask PolitiFact: Did Pete Hegseth’s tattoos bar him from National Guard service in 2021?

By Sara Swann• November 19, 2024

In uncertain times, fact-checkers are working with special urgency

By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2026

Supporting Iranians, then threatening to end civilization: How Trump contradicts himself on war

By Amy Sherman• April 7, 2026

Ahead of face-to-face meeting, Biden and Putin remain far apart on the facts

By Jon Greenberg• June 14, 2021

What did Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Trump's DHS secretary pick, say about the ‘smell’ of war?

By Amy Sherman• March 6, 2026

RNC speakers exaggerate Trump’s military drawdown from ‘endless wars’

By Bill McCarthy• August 27, 2020

Trump says Iran is a country ‘based on disinformation.’ Here’s how Iran conducts influence ops

By Loreben Tuquero• March 23, 2026

Fact-checking the New Hampshire Democratic debate

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• February 4, 2016

Iran’s man in Iraq: Soleimani’s deadly fight against the US

By Jon Greenberg• January 15, 2020

In context: What the White House has said about sending troops to fight Russia

By Louis Jacobson• December 13, 2023

PolitiFact Sheet: What we know about the caravan heading to the United States

By Miriam Valverde• October 22, 2018

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 Donald Trump's speech after Iran missile strikes on US troops

By Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• January 8, 2020

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