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December 2, 2009

6 Peace Activists Arrested Outside Obama Speech
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As Obama spoke, six peace activists were arrested at the gates outside
West Point after blocking a road leading into the base. The group
included the war resister Sgt. Matthis Chiroux of Iraq Veterans Against
the War. We’ll have more on Obama’s escalation of the Afghan war after
headlines.



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