Fact Check: Obama's Biggest Truths and Burning Lies
BET.com fact-checks President Obama.
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Keeping the Candidates Honest - BET.com fact-checks President Obama. –Britt Middleton
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Claim: Romney Wants to Add $2 Trillion to Defense Budget - True: Mitt Romney has said he plans to add $2 trillion to the defense budget, even though the military hasn't requested it, thus supporting Obama's claim made during their third and final debate. Romney said he would pay for the increase by repealing Obamacare and restricting Medicaid. (Photo: REUTERS/BAZ RATNER/LANDOV)
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Claim: Obama Says Romney Wants $5 Trillion Tax Cut - False: In their first debate, the president accused Romney of proposing a $5 trillion tax cut, but as Factcheck.org points out, "Romney has proposed cutting personal federal income tax rates across the board by 20 percent, in addition to extending the tax cuts enacted early in the Bush administration." Romney has also said his rate cuts and tax eliminations would be offset and the deficit wouldn’t increase. (Photo: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Claim: Romney and Ryan Backed Laws Outlawing Abortion - Mostly True: The Obama campaign attacked Romney's changing position on abortion in a recent TV ad stating that both Romney and running mate Paul Ryan had "backed proposals that would outlaw abortions even in cases of rape or incest." That claim is true for Ryan, but Romney has distanced himself from more restrictive legislation and says he supports abortion to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape or incest. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Claim: Tax Rates for the Wealthy Won't Exceed 1993 Levels - False: Obama will allow the Bush tax cuts to expire, but claimed in the first debate that Americans with household income more than $250,000 wouldn't pay a rate higher than 39.6 percent, the same levels set by President Bill Clinton 1993. In truth, "those Americans would actually end up paying more than they did then because of new taxes under Obamacare," Factcheck.org writes. (Photo: Michael Smith/Newsmakers)
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