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"There was a report that came out from the FBI – a warning, not a report ... saying that, in fact, al-Qaida was planning to attack malls during the Christmas holidays."
Republican Tom Tancredo on Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 in an interview on CNN.
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Poor people go to a "payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."
Democrat John Edwards on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 in a speech in Americus, Ga.
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"In every single country, she had a majority of the vote -- or more of those who’d already made up their minds."
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 in a speech by husband Bill Clinton at a Concord, N.H. rally.
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"In New York, when she ran for reelection, she carried 58 of our 62 counties. George Bush had won 40 counties in New York just two years earlier."
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 in a comment by husband Bill Clinton on Larry King Live.
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"He's leading by example, refusing contributions from PACs and Washington lobbyists."
Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 in a TV ad.
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The latest Truth-O-Meter items researched by Lissa August
"A year ago, in March 2007, I called for immediate action to address abuses in the subprime market, and I laid out detailed concrete proposals for how to do so."
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Monday, March 24th, 2008 in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday."
Republican Republican National Committee on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 in a Web video.
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Says she is the subject of 60 books.
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Sunday, April 13th, 2008 in a forum on faith-related issues at Messiah College in Grantham, Penn.
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"Again today (Ahmadinejad) made light of 9/11, and said that he's not even sure it happened and that people actually died."
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in a television debate in Philadelphia.
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Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and "that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11."
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in Democratic debate in Philadephia
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Recent stories by Lissa August
Bill on Hillary: She can win anywhere: Bill Clinton’s numbers are right, but they don’t quite add up
Obama won't accept money from lobbyists . . . or will he?: The candidate refuses money from "PACs and Washington lobbyists," but leaves himself some loopholes.
Recent stories researched by Lissa August
Gas taxes, on holiday: The RNC is right that Obama once supported a gas tax "holiday," but a video glosses over some key details.
The Iraq war, for $100 month: We find Obama is right about how much households pay for the war.
100 years of latitude: It's all over the news that Sen. Barack Obama claims Sen. John McCain will let the war in Iraq go on for 100 years. Obama is taking liberties with what McCain said, as we told you weeks ago.
Keystone attacks: The Pennsylvania primary is six weeks away, but the charges have been flying fast and furiously. We check the facts on some claims.
Adding up Clinton's 35-year claim: The New York senator often boasts of 35 years in politics. We do the math.
Lissa August is a reporter/researcher in the Times Washington Bureau.
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