Claim: In a July 6 interview with Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, President Obama repeated his false claim that the U.S. "import more oil today than ever before." When Obama first said this in February during an address to a joint-session of Congress, we wrote that the president had gotten his facts wrong. We said then that oil imports peaked in 2005 and have "substantially" declined since. That's still the case. This chart from the U.S.
Fact-check: Same Inaccurate Claim on Oil Imports - FactCheck.org
Verdict: in a july 6 interview with russian newspaper novaya gazeta, president obama repeated his false claim that the u.s. "import more oil today than ever before." when obama first said this in february during an address to a joint-session of congress, we wrote that the president had gotten his facts wrong. we said then that oil imports peaked in 2005 and have "substantially" declined since. that's still the case. this chart from the u.s.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Andrew Karter
Date published: 2009-07-07T16:26:59