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Search results for "U.S. Bombers Heading to Middle East Refused Permission to Land at Italian Airbase"

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Facebook posts stated on January 07, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a series of photos show Iranian rockets being launched toward U.S. air bases in Iraq.
By Daniel Funke• January 8, 2020
Tennessee Republican Party stated on February 25, 2008 in in a press release:
"You don't even have to go outside Obama's campaign to find advisers who are anti-Israel."
By Robert Farley• March 14, 2008
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
Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Say Bernie Sanders said, “Italians are gangsters and Irish are drunk and Jews are greedy and black people smell.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2020
Bloggers stated on March 10, 2020 in a blog post:
“Whole of Italy goes into quarantine.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 12, 2020
@thesavoyshow stated on January 07, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says a video shows Iranian rockets being launched toward U.S. airbases in Iraq.
By Daniel Funke• January 8, 2020
Trey Gowdy stated on May 11, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"We were the last flag flying in Benghazi."
By Louis Jacobson• May 16, 2014
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen stated on August 10, 2010 in a press release.:
"U.S. taxpayers are being forced to fund Feisal Abdul Rauf’s trip to the Middle East."
By Louis Jacobson• August 19, 2010
Madeleine Albright stated on April 10, 2018 in her book, "Fascism: A Warning":
Says Benito Mussolini "initiated a campaign to 'drenare la palude' ('drain the swamp') by firing more than 35,000 civil servants."
By Louis Jacobson• May 9, 2018
Social Media stated on June 13, 2024 in in social media posts:
Video shows Biden wandered off from world leaders at G7 skydiving event.
By Jeff Cercone• June 14, 2024
Marianne Williamson stated on April 14, 2019 in a CNN town hall:
Says Jimmy Carter was the last "U.S. president to say flat out those (Israeli) settlements are illegal."
By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2019
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 31, 2017 in a campaign ad:
"ISIS is infiltrating America and using Syrians to do it."
By Louis Jacobson• June 1, 2017
Ron Davis stated on March 01, 2012 in a campaign flier:
Says "over 40 percent of recent county bonds are for Precinct One, northeast Travis County," because he "is quick to identify projects that help make the East Side a desirable place to live."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 21, 2012
Michael McCaul stated on January 11, 2015 in an interview on CBS "Face the Nation":
Western Europeans "can fly in the United States without even having a visa."
By Jon Greenberg• January 11, 2015
Bill Clinton stated on February 16, 2016 in a campaign event:
"The people that perpetrated that travesty in San Bernardino had never been to the Middle East."
By Lauren Carroll• February 22, 2016
Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Melania Trump is the “first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969.”
By Samantha Putterman• August 28, 2020
Jeb Bush stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation":
"It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion."
By Jon Greenberg• December 1, 2015
Glenn Hegar stated on June 24, 2015 in a tweet:
"Texas still owns all of its public lands. If the federal gov't wants to create a park, they must ask permission!"
By W. Gardner Selby• July 17, 2015
Rachel Siegel stated on April 08, 2019 in an email to supporters:
"The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission."
By Colin Meyn• April 11, 2019
Ron DeSantis stated on March 23, 2016 in a House Oversight Committee National Security Subcommittee hearing:
"Recent reports state that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has apprehended several members of known Islamist terrorist organizations crossing the southern border in recent years."
By Joshua Gillin• April 4, 2016

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Obama and Israel

By Robert Farley• March 14, 2008

After Iran’s strike on two air bases housing US troops, false photos and videos spread online

By Daniel Funke• January 8, 2020

Fact-checking national security on 'This Week'

By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2010

Virginia Republicans twist Obama's statement on Israel's borders

By Warren Fiske• May 31, 2011

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By Miriam Valverde• June 12, 2019

World Refugee Day: Refugee claims and U.S. politics

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Singer is pretty much right that U.S. ranks 37th

By Louis Jacobson• September 15, 2009

The Truth-O-Meter report card on John Cornyn

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What the law and the past say about attacking Syria

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