Latest Fact-checks in Iraq Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Jeb Bush dicho el Mayo 13, 2015 en a response to a question after a town hall meeting: "We had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops" in Iraq. Ted Cruz dicho el Febrero 8, 2015 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds." Bret Baier dicho el Enero 20, 2015 en an analysis of Obama's speech: In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001." Doonesbury dicho el Enero 11, 2015 en the Sunday comics: The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program." Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 14, 2014 en a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution." Dick Cheney dicho el Diciembre 14, 2014 en comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida." LZ Granderson dicho el Septiembre 28, 2014 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush. Brit Hume dicho el Septiembre 21, 2014 en a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting." Julie Pace dicho el Septiembre 11, 2014 en a question to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest: The Obama administration is using as its "legal justification for these airstrikes (on the Islamic State), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of." Trent Franks dicho el Septiembre 12, 2014 en a phone conference: "It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)" Chris Matthews dicho el Septiembre 10, 2014 en a broadcast on MSNBC: Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS." Michael Hayden dicho el Septiembre 14, 2014 en comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on." John McCain dicho el Septiembre 10, 2014 en an interview on CNN: Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)." Ted Cruz dicho el Agosto 31, 2014 en an interview with WFAA-TV: ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees." Martha Raddatz dicho el Agosto 24, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort." Bloggers dicho el Agosto 19, 2014 en stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State. David Gregory dicho el Agosto 10, 2014 en comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme." Lindsey Graham dicho el Agosto 10, 2014 en comments on "Fox News Sunday": Top U.S. intelligence officials have told "every member of Congress, including the president, we’re about to be attacked in a serious way because (of) the threat emanating from Syria and Iraq." James Woods dicho el Agosto 5, 2014 en a tweet: "The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009." Facebook posts dicho el Junio 16, 2014 en a post on Facebook: "For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years." Hillary Clinton dicho el Junio 10, 2014 en her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War." Jeanine Pirro dicho el Junio 14, 2014 en a broadcast on Fox News: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009." Paul Ryan dicho el Junio 11, 2014 en a speech: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us." Mike Rogers dicho el Junio 15, 2014 en an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. Ted Nugent dicho el Junio 12, 2014 en a Facebook post: Says a picture he posted on Facebook of a man posing in front of five decapitated human heads is "one of the subhuman mongrels our president set free." Hillary Clinton dicho el Junio 10, 2014 en her book, "Hard Choices": By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones. Rachel Maddow dicho el Junio 3, 2014 en comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq. Ted Cruz dicho el Junio 1, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists." Robert Gates dicho el Enero 13, 2014 en 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. John Scocos dicho el Septiembre 20, 2013 en a statement: "There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."
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Jeb Bush dicho el Mayo 13, 2015 en a response to a question after a town hall meeting: "We had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops" in Iraq. Ted Cruz dicho el Febrero 8, 2015 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds." Bret Baier dicho el Enero 20, 2015 en an analysis of Obama's speech: In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001." Doonesbury dicho el Enero 11, 2015 en the Sunday comics: The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program." Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 14, 2014 en a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution." Dick Cheney dicho el Diciembre 14, 2014 en comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida." LZ Granderson dicho el Septiembre 28, 2014 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush. Brit Hume dicho el Septiembre 21, 2014 en a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting." Julie Pace dicho el Septiembre 11, 2014 en a question to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest: The Obama administration is using as its "legal justification for these airstrikes (on the Islamic State), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of." Trent Franks dicho el Septiembre 12, 2014 en a phone conference: "It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)" Chris Matthews dicho el Septiembre 10, 2014 en a broadcast on MSNBC: Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS." Michael Hayden dicho el Septiembre 14, 2014 en comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on." John McCain dicho el Septiembre 10, 2014 en an interview on CNN: Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)." Ted Cruz dicho el Agosto 31, 2014 en an interview with WFAA-TV: ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees." Martha Raddatz dicho el Agosto 24, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort." Bloggers dicho el Agosto 19, 2014 en stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State. David Gregory dicho el Agosto 10, 2014 en comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme." Lindsey Graham dicho el Agosto 10, 2014 en comments on "Fox News Sunday": Top U.S. intelligence officials have told "every member of Congress, including the president, we’re about to be attacked in a serious way because (of) the threat emanating from Syria and Iraq." James Woods dicho el Agosto 5, 2014 en a tweet: "The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009." Facebook posts dicho el Junio 16, 2014 en a post on Facebook: "For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years." Hillary Clinton dicho el Junio 10, 2014 en her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War." Jeanine Pirro dicho el Junio 14, 2014 en a broadcast on Fox News: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009." Paul Ryan dicho el Junio 11, 2014 en a speech: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us." Mike Rogers dicho el Junio 15, 2014 en an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. Ted Nugent dicho el Junio 12, 2014 en a Facebook post: Says a picture he posted on Facebook of a man posing in front of five decapitated human heads is "one of the subhuman mongrels our president set free." Hillary Clinton dicho el Junio 10, 2014 en her book, "Hard Choices": By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones. Rachel Maddow dicho el Junio 3, 2014 en comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq. Ted Cruz dicho el Junio 1, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists." Robert Gates dicho el Enero 13, 2014 en 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. John Scocos dicho el Septiembre 20, 2013 en a statement: "There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."
Jeb Bush dicho el Mayo 13, 2015 en a response to a question after a town hall meeting: "We had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops" in Iraq.
Ted Cruz dicho el Febrero 8, 2015 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds."
Bret Baier dicho el Enero 20, 2015 en an analysis of Obama's speech: In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."
Doonesbury dicho el Enero 11, 2015 en the Sunday comics: The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program."
Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 14, 2014 en a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
Dick Cheney dicho el Diciembre 14, 2014 en comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."
LZ Granderson dicho el Septiembre 28, 2014 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.
Brit Hume dicho el Septiembre 21, 2014 en a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."
Julie Pace dicho el Septiembre 11, 2014 en a question to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest: The Obama administration is using as its "legal justification for these airstrikes (on the Islamic State), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of."
Trent Franks dicho el Septiembre 12, 2014 en a phone conference: "It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)"
Chris Matthews dicho el Septiembre 10, 2014 en a broadcast on MSNBC: Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS."
Michael Hayden dicho el Septiembre 14, 2014 en comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on."
John McCain dicho el Septiembre 10, 2014 en an interview on CNN: Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)."
Ted Cruz dicho el Agosto 31, 2014 en an interview with WFAA-TV: ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees."
Martha Raddatz dicho el Agosto 24, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort."
Bloggers dicho el Agosto 19, 2014 en stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State.
David Gregory dicho el Agosto 10, 2014 en comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme."
Lindsey Graham dicho el Agosto 10, 2014 en comments on "Fox News Sunday": Top U.S. intelligence officials have told "every member of Congress, including the president, we’re about to be attacked in a serious way because (of) the threat emanating from Syria and Iraq."
James Woods dicho el Agosto 5, 2014 en a tweet: "The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009."
Facebook posts dicho el Junio 16, 2014 en a post on Facebook: "For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years."
Hillary Clinton dicho el Junio 10, 2014 en her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
Jeanine Pirro dicho el Junio 14, 2014 en a broadcast on Fox News: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009."
Paul Ryan dicho el Junio 11, 2014 en a speech: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."
Mike Rogers dicho el Junio 15, 2014 en an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq.
Ted Nugent dicho el Junio 12, 2014 en a Facebook post: Says a picture he posted on Facebook of a man posing in front of five decapitated human heads is "one of the subhuman mongrels our president set free."
Hillary Clinton dicho el Junio 10, 2014 en her book, "Hard Choices": By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
Rachel Maddow dicho el Junio 3, 2014 en comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq.
Ted Cruz dicho el Junio 1, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists."
Robert Gates dicho el Enero 13, 2014 en 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.
John Scocos dicho el Septiembre 20, 2013 en a statement: "There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."
