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Jennifer Granholm
stated on January 24, 2016 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week':

When a Gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, "When they get to the question on, 'Would you vote for a socialist,' it is even less popular than voting for atheists."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2016
David Stockman
stated on May 1, 2011 in an interview on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour':

Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he does not cut one dime from the debt."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 4, 2011
George Will
stated on April 3, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

"We lost more jobs in this great recession than the last four recessions combined."

By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2011
Robin Wright
stated on March 20, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

The coalition of Arab states against Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi is the biggest coalition against a fellow Arab leader since the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991.

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2011
George Will
stated on March 13, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":

Federal spending is "all discretionary, other than interest on the national debt. Social Security is discretionary. We have the discretion to change the law. Same is true with Medicare and Medicaid."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2011
George Will
stated on February 20, 2011 in ABC's "This Week":

If Wisconsin's governor cuts perquisites as much as he plans to do, "it would still leave (workers) better off than their private sector" counterparts.

By Robert Farley • February 21, 2011
Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":

"We're borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011
Mike Mullen
stated on November 21, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

"Historically," Senate ratification of arms control treaties "has been bipartisan."

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2010
Kent Conrad
stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

Federal spending is "the highest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years (and) revenue is the lowest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years."

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2010
Gen. Peter Chiarelli
stated on August 8, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":

About 106,000 soldiers had "a prescription of three weeks or more" for pain, depression or anxiety medication.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 10, 2010
George Will
stated on August 1, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week":

During the recession, "the consumer in his native perversity has begun to save. The savings rate is now 6.2 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2010
Donna Brazile
stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week":

Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate."

By Lukas Pleva • July 29, 2010
Timothy Geithner
stated on July 25, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"We've seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector."

By Lukas Pleva • July 27, 2010
Joe Biden
stated on July 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"I never called for a partition" of Iraq.

By Robert Farley • July 21, 2010
Al Hunt
stated on July 4, 2010 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week.":

"Crime is down in Arizona."

By Alex Holt • July 7, 2010
John Boehner
stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'':

"The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era."

By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2010
Colin Powell
stated on May 30, 2010 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week":

"The president has added close to 68,000 troops in the last year, since he came into office, not just the 30,000 you hear, but the others that were added before that."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2010
Michael Steele
stated on May 23, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

The Republican Party "fought very hard in the '60s to get the civil rights bill passed, as well as the voting rights bill."

By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2010
Michael Steele
stated on May 23, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week.':

In Hawaii, "they don't have a history of throwing incumbents out of office."

By Aaron Sharockman • May 23, 2010
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 25, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":

"Fifteen years ago, the assets of the six largest banks in this country totaled 17 percent of GDP ... The assets of the six largest banks in the United States today total 63 percent of GDP."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 27, 2010
Bill Clinton
stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':

"I never had a filibuster-proof Senate."

By Robert Farley • April 18, 2010
Jon Kyl
stated on April 11, 2010 in in an interview on ABC News' "This Week":

"President Obama himself attempted to filibuster Justice Alito, who now sits on the Supreme Court."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2010