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Lissa August was a reporter/researcher in the Times Washington Bureau.

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Hillary Clinton
stated on March 24, 2008 in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania.:

"A year ago, in March 2007, I called for immediate action to address abuses in the subprime market, and I laid out detailed concrete proposals for how to do so."

By Bill Adair • May 1, 2008
Republican National Committee
stated on April 24, 2008 in a Web video.:

Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday."

By Bill Adair • April 24, 2008
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 13, 2008 in a forum on faith-related issues at Messiah College in Grantham, Penn.:

Says she is the subject of 60 books.

By Bill Adair • April 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2008 in a television debate in Philadelphia.:

"Again today (Ahmadinejad) made light of 9/11, and said that he's not even sure it happened and that people actually died."

By Adriel Bettelheim • April 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2008 in Democratic debate in Philadephia:

Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and "that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11."

By Robert Farley • April 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 1, 2008 in Philadelphia.:

McCain's "plan for the economy is to extend George Bush's tax cuts for billionaires and give a $100-billion additional corporate tax cut."

By John Frank • April 2, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2008 in a speech in Charleston, W.Va.:

"Iraq is costing each household about $100 a month."

By Bill Adair • April 1, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball.":

Obama says Clinton in 2002 suggested there was a connection between al-Qaida and the Iraqi government.

By Bill Adair • March 12, 2008
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
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 13, 2008 in a campaign event in Robstown, Texas.:

Says the difference between her and Barack Obama is "about 35 years of experience."

By Bill Adair • February 19, 2008