Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: October 5

True or False?

Do we really have the smallest Army since 1940 and smallest Navy since 1915? And has there been no sustained surge in confidence in government since Reagan? PunditFact checks the talking heads against the record.

Published Oct. 5 2014 7:03PM EDT

By Lauren Carroll and Aaron Sharockman

Conservatives on Sunday wanted to discuss people’s waning faith in government.

On CNN’s State of the Union, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) rattled off a laundry list of failures of Congress and President Obama.

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.