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Secretary of State John Kerry Fires Back at Anti-War Protester

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Getty 031115 JohnKerry?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1426111353412Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) —  Anti-war protesters from Code Pink are a frequent sight at congressional hearings involving senior national security officials from the Obama administration.

Typically there’s almost no acknowledgement of their interruptions as the protesters are escorted out of a hearing room by Capitol Police.

But one protester got under Secretary of State John Kerry’s skin at a hearing Wednesday on the authorization for the use of force against ISIS.

Kerry grew annoyed when the protester said the war “is killing more innocent people.”

“Killing more innocent people?” responded an annoyed Kerry with disdain. “I wonder how our journalists who were beheaded, and the pilot, who was fighting for freedom, who was burned alive — what they would have to say to their efforts to protect innocent people.”

A few minutes later another Code Pink protester interrupted Kerry again, but Kerry said nothing in response.


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