Truthwatch

The Blue Angels flight acrobats grounded. Fewer Navy patrols in the Middle East. A thousand fewer Secret Service agents and investigators. Widespread furloughs.

In painstaking and relentless detail, the Obama administration is leaking out stark plans for government cutbacks if the automatic spending cuts known as the budget sequester takes effect March 1, hoping to pressure Republicans to reach a compromise by showing the consequences in their home districts.

It's a giant game of political chicken, and the administration makes no apologies.

Beneath the expressions of grief, sorrow and disbelief over the Connecticut school massacre lies an uneasy truth in Washington: over the last few years the Obama administration and Congress quietly let federal funding for several key school security programs lapse in the name of budget savings.

Voters have already heard a lot about President Barack Obama's use of taxpayer money to fund green energy companies under the $787 billion stimulus law -- especially those that went bankrupt.

Yet for all the angst over the failure of the Solyndra solar manufacturer, the facts surrounding Obama's loans and grants for renewable energy manufacturing offer a picture that blends general success with a few noteworthy, expensive failures.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden has mangled a heaping helping of facts over the years. Despite being newer to presidential-campaign politics, Republican Paul Ryan has already earned something of a reputation for taking flying leaps past reality.

How'd they do Thursday night?

Here's a look at some of their claims:

BIDEN, on whether U.S. should have beefed up security at the U.S. Consulate in Libya before the deadly terrorist attack there: "We weren't told they wanted more security there."

RYAN: "There were requests for more security."