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Fact-checking President Donald Trump's speech to Congress
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Fact-checking President Donald Trump's speech to Congress

Whenever a president gives a speech, such as the one Donald Trump gave to Congress Tuesday night, fact-checkers get to work to see how much of what the president said was correct and incorrect. NBC10’s Fred Shropshire shares what the fact-checkers uncovered. 

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