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The world a President has to grapple with. Sometimes you can't even imagine. That's the job and she's the one who's proving she can get it done. Securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons. Standing up against the abuse of women. Protecting social security. Expanding benefits for the National Guard. And winning health care for eight million children. The presidency is the toughest job in the world and she's the one who will make a real difference for you. I'm Hillary Clinton and I approved this message.
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Hillary Clinton
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This ad, which aired widely in Colorado and Virginia up to the Super Tuesday contests, claims she won "health care for 8 million children." PolitiFact rules this statement as "Mostly true," because of her role in creating the Children's Health Insurance Program. However, says the fact checking group, the ad "leaves out the contributions of others." In addition, FactCheck.org writes, "Hillary Clinton overstates the impact of a 2011 nuclear agreement with Russia in a TV ad that says she was responsible for “securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons.”

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A Clinton campaign ad says one of her accomplishments was "winning health care for 8 million children."

That statement is largely accurate. Clinton was key to creating the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides coverage for 8 million children. But the ad leaves out the contributions of others.

Because of that caveat, we rate her statement Mostly True.

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The agreement, known as New START, limits the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads — that is, nuclear weapons that are deployed on long-range (or strategic) launchers. But it does not require either side to destroy nuclear weapons or reduce their nuclear stockpile, and it doesn’t place limits on shorter-range nuclear weapons.
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