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First Anti-war Protestor Thrown Out

We just had our first protestor thrown out of the House Armed Services/Foreign Affairs committee hearings on Iraq.

A woman from the Code Pink delegation - there are at least a dozen - started yelling, "War criminals, war criminals!" when Petraeus and Crocker appeared. The U.S.Capitol Police quickly threw her out, and Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), who is chairman the hearing, warned that no further outbursts would be tolerated.

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