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August 17, 2009

Obama Adviser Heckled at Netroots Nation Convention
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And one of President Obama’s top advisers, Valerie Jarrett, was hissed
and heckled during a talk at the Netroots Nation Convention in
Pittsburgh. The Huffington Post reports a protester in the audience
screamed out a question about why the White House was trying to keep
additional photographs of detainee abuse from becoming public. More
shouts and protests followed after Jarrett defended Obama’s decision not
to release the photos. Another member of the audience shouted out a
question about why the private security contractor Blackwater was still
being paid for work overseas.



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