Tag Archives: State of the Union

The State of Obama’s Facts

Posted on January 25, 2012 , Corrected on January 26, 2012

Summary The president’s State of the Union address got the facts right — mostly. Obama said “the Taliban’s momentum has been broken” in Afghanistan. But targeted assassinations continue, and at least one independent foreign policy expert says the enemy may just be waiting until the U.S. leaves. The president said …
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FactChecking the GOP Response

Posted on January 27, 2011

We fact-checked President Obama’s State of the Union address, but what about the Republican response speeches? We found two new claims that we haven’t covered before: In the official response …
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FactChecking Obama’s Address

Posted on January 26, 2011

We found no outright false factual claims in Obama’s State of the Union address, but we did note some that were arguable, and some promises that may prove unrealistic. He called his Race to the Top initiative “the most meaningful reform of our public schools in …
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More State of the Union

Posted on January 29, 2010

A section of our story "Obama’s State of the Union Address" was inadvertently dropped when we posted the article Thursday. It shows that Obama spoke a little too sweepingly when he claimed that lobbyists have been cut out of policymaking jobs in his administration. We’ve added the section to the …
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Obama’s State of the Union Address

Posted on January 28, 2010 , Updated on January 29, 2010; February 5, 2010 , Corrected on February 3, 2010

President Obama peppered his State of the Union address to Congress and the nation with facts, which were mostly right but sometimes cherry-picked, strained or otherwise misleading. He said “there are about 2 million Americans working right now” because of last year’s stimulus bill. But his own economic advisers say …
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Facts of the Union 2008

Posted on January 29, 2008

Summary Bush pretty much stuck to the facts in his final State of the Union address. But he chose his facts carefully and didn't always tell the whole story. He correctly noted that the number of jobs has grown steadily for a record 52 straight months. But the number of …
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