Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) claims that the state of South Dakota borders Canada.-- Reported June 13, 2013.
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Vice President Joe Biden declares that President Barack Obama's administration "requested $3.1 billion in military assistance for Israel — the most in history". However, the largest amount of aid given by the US to Israel was during the presidency of Bill Clinton.-- Reported March 4, 2013.
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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) warns that "over 170 million jobs" could be lost as a result of sequestration. A spokesperson later clarified that she meant 170 thousand.-- Reported February 28, 2013.
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Secretary of State John Kerry refers to the non-existent country of "Kyrzakhstan", apparently a mix of the countries Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.-- Reported February 25, 2013.
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During a trip to Europe, Vice President Joe Biden said he had spent half his life on the US Security Council (he had only spent four years on it), described the US's relationship with Britain as an "open relationship", and confused Portugal with Poland.-- Reported February 4 and February 5, 2013.
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