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Code Pink activist kicked out for repeatedly heckling Obama during Gitmo speech

President Barack Obama angered by heckler

A protester from the group Code Pink repeatedly interrupted President Barack Obama on Thursday as he gave a speech on the U.S. policy on the use of drones and the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. More than 30 minutes into the president’s speech in Washington, a woman who was thought…

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CODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin interrupts Brennan to condemn drone strikes

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Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of the anti-war group CODEPINK, interrupted a speech by White House counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan on Monday. While Brennan was speaking, Benjamin stood up in the audience and began giving her own speech for more than one minute. “What about the hundreds of innocent people we…

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CodePink activists arrive at ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest

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Two members of the anti-war activist group CodePink on Saturday arrived at the “Occupy Wall Street” protest in lower Manhattan. “We are here with the 99 percent to say that we’ve had enough of the corruption and greed on Wall Street,” said on activist, Mel. “I’ve been to Tahrir square…

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