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Shannon Beckham is a PolitiFact intern and a student at Duke University.

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Chain email
stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email:

Says Barack Obama is the "first president to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office."

By Shannon Beckham • June 25, 2014
Charles Krauthammer
stated on June 4, 2014 in remarks on Fox News:

The Israelis "gave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant."

By Shannon Beckham • June 8, 2014
Chain email
stated on May 30, 2014 in messages on the Internet:

Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day.

By Shannon Beckham • May 30, 2014