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Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2021 in social media posts:

President Joe Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan “simply because of Trump Derangement Syndrome and they wanted to reverse any policy that Trump had implemented.”

By Louis Jacobson• October 28, 2021

Kamala Harris stated on September 10, 2024 in a debate:

“As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, for the first time this century.”

By Sara Swann• September 11, 2024

Facebook posts stated on January 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo shows armed soldiers protecting Joe Biden’s inauguration.

By Miriam Valverde• January 16, 2021

John McCain stated on May 29, 2008 in Greensdale, Wis.:

"We have drawn down to presurge levels. Basra, Mosul and now Sadr City are quiet and it's long and it's tough and there will be setbacks."

By Alexander Lane• June 2, 2008

Donald Trump stated on October 16, 2019 in answering questions from reporters:

"The Kurds are much safer right now."

By Tom Kertscher• October 16, 2019

Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2015 in a viral image:

Says “31 U.S. troops” were “killed in Afghanistan yesterday.”

By Tom Kertscher• August 23, 2021

VoteVets.org stated on February 25, 2008 in a television ad.:

"John McCain says it's okay with him if the U.S. spends the next thousand years in Iraq."

By Bill Adair• March 5, 2008

Barack Obama stated on February 26, 2008 in a debate in Cleveland, Ohio.:

"We are bogged down in a war that John McCain now suggests might go on for another 100 years."

By Bill Adair• March 5, 2008

Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a viral video:

"In March 2020 the United States deployed 30,000 troops to Europe to ... free child-trafficked children and arrest deep state cabal members."

By Madison Czopek• January 29, 2021

Dan Patrick stated on October 08, 2014 in a TV ad:

Leticia Van de Putte "opposed putting National Guard troops on the border, would send millions to Central American governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 8, 2014

Facebook posts stated on August 02, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Former President Donald Trump asked “for troops around the Capitol to make sure everyone is safe,” on Jan. 6, 2021, but was “turned down by the Democrats.”

By Madison Czopek• August 10, 2022

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

Mandela Barnes stated on August 16, 2021 in Twitter:

In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.”

By D.L. Davis• August 31, 2021

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

Hillary Clinton stated on July 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview:

Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.”

By Miriam Valverde• July 23, 2020

Barack Obama stated on March 28, 2011 in a televised address:

"Regime change (in Iraq) took eight years"

By Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2011

Donald Trump stated on August 10, 2016 in a speech in Sunrise, Fla.:

Says Barack Obama "founded ISIS. I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton."

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 11, 2016

Joe Biden stated on December 01, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today Show":

In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.

By Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2011

Bloggers stated on August 24, 2018 in :

"Trump: ‘I am sending troops to South Africa and they will not leave until the killing stop and the land issue resolved.’ "

By Manuela Tobias• August 24, 2018

Occupy Democrats stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan.

By Tom Kertscher• August 17, 2021

Obama's wartime presidency

By Molly Moorhead• August 5, 2012

Fact-check: Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ falsehoods about abortion, Jan. 6 security and bacon prices

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• September 18, 2023

PunditFact fact-checks the Aug. 24 news shows

By Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 24, 2014

Fact-checking the Aug. 24 news shows

By Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 24, 2014

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

By Jon Greenberg• January 15, 2020

Fact-checking the latest claims about the Islamic State

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• September 11, 2014

The big picture: Niger and what we know about what happened to U.S. troops

By Allison Graves, Angie Drobnic Holan, Sophie Kaplan• October 22, 2017

100 years of latitude

By Bill Adair• March 25, 2008

Donald Trump's misleading comments on Obama's calls to fallen soldiers' families

By Manuela Tobias• October 17, 2017

Fact-checking misinformation about Iran and a US military draft

By Daniel Funke• January 6, 2020

Donald Trump's Afghanistan address, fact-checked

By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2017

Dunkirk fact-check: Movie indulges a few myths but also uses the facts

By Jon Greenberg• February 26, 2018

The Afghanistan war: A simple explanation

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 12, 2009

Experts say Ron DeSantis’ plan to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border wouldn't lower fentanyl flow

By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 25, 2023

Rick Perry wishes he was in ... Washington?

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• March 3, 2011

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

By Bill McCarthy• August 27, 2020

Trump opens new chapter in America’s longest war

By John Kruzel• August 23, 2017

Fact-checking foreign policy

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 22, 2012

Our May High Five

By James B. Nelson• June 3, 2014

PolitiFact fact-checks the Jan. 10 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• January 11, 2016

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