Latest Fact-checks in Military 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 Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address: "In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance." Jerry Jones stated on January 9, 2015 in an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015: The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 14, 2014 in 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 stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida." Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event: "The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent. Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a 'Wall Street Journal' CEO Council event: "Too many" tattoos "on visible body parts" keep some applicants out of the military. Adam Kinzinger stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half." Allen West stated on October 20, 2014 in a tweet: "U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia." John McCain stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States." Kay Hagan stated on October 3, 2014 in a news release: Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS." Dick Cheney stated on September 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News: "We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army." Lindsey Graham stated on October 5, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Under sequestration, the military was cut "down to the smallest Army since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915." Allen West stated on September 26, 2014 in a Facebook post: Says President Barack Obama "ordered our military to enlist illegal aliens." Bruce Braley stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate: "I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria." LZ Granderson stated on September 28, 2014 in 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. Ralph Peters stated on September 24, 2014 in an interview on "America's Newsroom": Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties." Ryan Lizza stated on September 22, 2014 in a tweet: "Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4" Rachel Maddow stated on March 27, 2012 in her book "Drift": "Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president. 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." Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in Internet posts: "Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders." John McCain stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "(Obama's) entire national security team, including his secretary of state, said we want to arm and train and equip (Syrian rebel forces), and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down." Rand Paul stated on August 14, 2014 in an opinion column: "Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts." Bloggers stated on August 19, 2014 in stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State. Ed Gillespie stated on July 26, 2014 in a debate.: "This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare." Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006." David Alameel stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention: Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War. Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time." John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media." Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants." Jack Kingston stated on May 12, 2014 in Campaign ad: President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk.
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Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address: "In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance." Jerry Jones stated on January 9, 2015 in an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015: The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 14, 2014 in 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 stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida." Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event: "The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent. Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a 'Wall Street Journal' CEO Council event: "Too many" tattoos "on visible body parts" keep some applicants out of the military. Adam Kinzinger stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half." Allen West stated on October 20, 2014 in a tweet: "U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia." John McCain stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States." Kay Hagan stated on October 3, 2014 in a news release: Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS." Dick Cheney stated on September 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News: "We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army." Lindsey Graham stated on October 5, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Under sequestration, the military was cut "down to the smallest Army since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915." Allen West stated on September 26, 2014 in a Facebook post: Says President Barack Obama "ordered our military to enlist illegal aliens." Bruce Braley stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate: "I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria." LZ Granderson stated on September 28, 2014 in 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. Ralph Peters stated on September 24, 2014 in an interview on "America's Newsroom": Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties." Ryan Lizza stated on September 22, 2014 in a tweet: "Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4" Rachel Maddow stated on March 27, 2012 in her book "Drift": "Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president. 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." Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in Internet posts: "Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders." John McCain stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "(Obama's) entire national security team, including his secretary of state, said we want to arm and train and equip (Syrian rebel forces), and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down." Rand Paul stated on August 14, 2014 in an opinion column: "Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts." Bloggers stated on August 19, 2014 in stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State. Ed Gillespie stated on July 26, 2014 in a debate.: "This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare." Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006." David Alameel stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention: Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War. Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time." John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media." Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants." Jack Kingston stated on May 12, 2014 in Campaign ad: President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk.
Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address: "In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance."
Jerry Jones stated on January 9, 2015 in an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015: The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope."
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 14, 2014 in 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 stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."
Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event: "The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent.
Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a 'Wall Street Journal' CEO Council event: "Too many" tattoos "on visible body parts" keep some applicants out of the military.
Adam Kinzinger stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."
Allen West stated on October 20, 2014 in a tweet: "U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia."
John McCain stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States."
Kay Hagan stated on October 3, 2014 in a news release: Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS."
Dick Cheney stated on September 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News: "We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army."
Lindsey Graham stated on October 5, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Under sequestration, the military was cut "down to the smallest Army since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915."
Allen West stated on September 26, 2014 in a Facebook post: Says President Barack Obama "ordered our military to enlist illegal aliens."
Bruce Braley stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate: "I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria."
LZ Granderson stated on September 28, 2014 in 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.
Ralph Peters stated on September 24, 2014 in an interview on "America's Newsroom": Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties."
Rachel Maddow stated on March 27, 2012 in her book "Drift": "Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president.
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."
Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in Internet posts: "Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders."
John McCain stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "(Obama's) entire national security team, including his secretary of state, said we want to arm and train and equip (Syrian rebel forces), and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down."
Rand Paul stated on August 14, 2014 in an opinion column: "Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."
Bloggers stated on August 19, 2014 in stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State.
Ed Gillespie stated on July 26, 2014 in a debate.: "This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare."
Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."
David Alameel stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention: Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.
Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."
John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."
Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants."
Jack Kingston stated on May 12, 2014 in Campaign ad: President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk.
