Protesters disrupted an early morning, big-ticket fundraiser for President Obama at a San Francisco hotel Thursday, serenading the president with a song about Pvc. Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of ...
An Oakland woman and her cohorts shelled out $76000 to get themselves into President Barack Obama's fundraising breakfast Thursday morning in San Francisco, just to disrupt it with a protest song in support of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley ...
Activists trying to build sympathy for the Army private accused in the WikiLeaks case made a splash Thursday by confronting President Barack Obama with a song of protest at a fund-raiser they had paid more than $100000 to attend. ...
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"That was a nice song," Obama said when the protest was over. "Now, where was I?"
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BBC News - 2 hours ago A protester calling for the release of a US soldier accused of leaking secret government documents has disrupted a talk by US President Barack Obama. At a campaign fundraising event in San Francisco on Thursday, a woman stood up during the president's ...
Protesters at a fundraiser in San Francisco heckle Obama through song, chiding him for broken campaign promises. He agreed with them – to a point – but looked 'displeased,' a report says. President Obama shakes hands with supporters after speaking at a ...
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ABC News (blog) - 4 hours ago Protestors interrupted President Obama's breakfast fundraiser this morning in a San Francisco hotel, serenading him with a song that included lyrics that decry the imprisonment of Pfc Bradley Manning, held by the US government on suspicion of releasing ...
A group of protestors who paid thousands of dollars to get into a fundraiser for President Obama and the Democratic Party Thursday interrupted the event and broke out into song, showing their opposition to the ...
3:00 pm | Updated It was hardly a surprise that President Obama got an earful in San Francisco about frustration in his party's left over the pace of his promised change. But it was a bit unexpected when the protest came at a ...
United States
Los Angeles Times - 3 hours ago Is it really a protest song if the person you're heckling doesn't know you're complaining? Members of the Fresh Juice Party apparently bought a table at $35800 per ticket for a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in San Francisco where President ...
Protesters supporting WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning managed to infiltrate a private fundraiser for President Obama on Thursday morning in San Francisco, interrupting his remarks with a song. As Obama was speaking at the $5000-a-plate ...
Under pressure from human rights groups, the Defense Department moved Bradley Manning, charged with giving classified documents to WikiLeaks, to the Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas. Tighe Barry of Los Angeles, Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, ...
Washington D.C., DC
The protest Thursday was a particularly stark, in-your-face confrontation for President Obama. | AP Photo Close By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 4/21/11 2:10 PM EDT SAN FRANCISCO — President Barack Obama received a serenade Thursday — but not the kind he liked ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Some supporters from this city known for its progressive politics and history of demonstrations didn't let President Obama leave without giving him a piece of their mind. A group of donors at a small fundraiser held for ...
Politico - Mj Lee - Apr 20, 2011 PJ Crowley (left) doesn't want any credit for Bradley Manning's transfer. | AP Photos Close Ever since his criticism of the Obama administration's treatment of Bradley Manning cost him his job, ...
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Chronicle - Lea Suzuki - 5 hours ago Naomi Pitcairn of Oakland is detained on Third Street after protesting and leaving a fundraiser at the St. Regis in San Francisco, Calif., Thursday, April 21, 2011. (04-21) 11:41 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- President Obama's pricey breakfast fundraiser today ...
A flash mob of 10 activists protesting the government's treatment of Private Bradley Manning serenaded President Obama at a private fundraiser at the posh St. Regis Hotel in San ...
NBC Bay Area - 6 hours ago By White House Pool Reporter A crowd of half a dozen protesters concerned with the Wikileaks story disrupted the Obama event at the St. Regis Hotel, with Oakland activist Naomi Pitcairn organizing the event for the group which calls itself ...
Virginia
Richmond Times Dispatch - 20 hours ago By Times-Dispatch Staff The Army private suspected of giving troves of classified information to the WikiLeaks website has arrived at a detention facility in Kansas where he will await the government's decision on whether to put him on trial. ...
ArmyTimes.com - 7 hours ago AP TOPEKA, Kan. — Activists say they are planning a rally in June in Leavenworth in support of an Army private who's accused of leaking classified documents in the WikiLeaks scandal. Organizers posted online Thursday that they were planning a rally on ...
WSLS - Apr 20, 2011 By AP Writer | (AP) MISRATA, Libya (AP) Two Western photojournalists including an Oscar-nominated film director were killed Wednesday in the besieged city of Misrata while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces. ...
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