Medea Benjamin, an activist and co-founder of the organization Code Pink, shouts at President Barack Obama while he speaks at the National Defense University on Thursday, May 23, in Washington. Benjamin has voiced her opinion at press conferences, hearings and other events for years on matters including drones, Guantanamo and gun control.
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Medea Benjamin, an activist and co-founder of the organization Code Pink, shouts at President Barack Obama while he speaks at the National Defense University on Thursday, May 23, in Washington. Benjamin has voiced her opinion at press conferences, hearings and other events for years on matters including drones, Guantanamo and gun control.
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Benjamin protests against drone strikes as Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 6, 2013, in Washington.
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Benjamin protests against drone strikes as Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 6, 2013, in Washington.
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Benjamin is escorted out of the National Rifle Association press conference in Washington held December 21, 2012, one week after the Newtown Elementary School shooting.
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Benjamin is escorted out of the National Rifle Association press conference in Washington held December 21, 2012, one week after the Newtown Elementary School shooting.
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Benjamin marches before the start of the Democratic National Convention on September 2, 2012, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Benjamin marches before the start of the Democratic National Convention on September 2, 2012, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Left to right: Benjamin, Liz Hourican and Tighe Barry hold signs to protest as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, center, takes his seat during a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 14, 2011, in Washington.
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Left to right: Benjamin, Liz Hourican and Tighe Barry hold signs to protest as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, center, takes his seat during a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 14, 2011, in Washington.
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Left to right: Benjamin and Liz Hourican protest as Chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers Richard Fuld, Jr. takes his seat prior to a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on October 6, 2008, in Washington.
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Left to right: Benjamin and Liz Hourican protest as Chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers Richard Fuld, Jr. takes his seat prior to a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on October 6, 2008, in Washington.
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Benjamin and another protester are escorted out of the Republican National Convention on September 3, 2008, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Benjamin and another protester are escorted out of the Republican National Convention on September 3, 2008, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Benjamin sits in the back of a hearing room while former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, left, testifies on August 1, 2007, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the combat death of NFL star and Army Ranger Pat Tillman.
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Benjamin sits in the back of a hearing room while former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, left, testifies on August 1, 2007, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the combat death of NFL star and Army Ranger Pat Tillman.
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Benjamin demonstrates against George W. Bush's veto of the war appropriations bill by lying down in a chalk outline along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House May 2, 2007.
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Benjamin demonstrates against George W. Bush's veto of the war appropriations bill by lying down in a chalk outline along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House May 2, 2007.
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Medea Benjamin of San Francisco, California, protests during a hearing by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on July 11, 2006, in Washington.
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Medea Benjamin of San Francisco, California, protests during a hearing by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on July 11, 2006, in Washington.
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