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Sununu’s Out-of-this-World Outsourcing Claim

Posted on July 17, 2012

John Sununu claimed President Obama “outsourced a major portion of the U.S. space program to the Russians.” But it was President Bush who set NASA on a path eight years ago to retire the Space Shuttle and rely on the Russians for space travel. “[Bush] Administration policy is to retire …
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Factual Flubs in Florida

Posted on January 24, 2012

The four remaining candidates debated once again, this time in Tampa, Florida — where facts took a beating. Mitt Romney falsely claimed the Navy is smaller now than at any time since the start of World War I. (It had fewer ships as recently as four years ago.) And Newt …
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