Rumsfeld: Putting National Guard On Border Will Sharpen Their Skills...
As Rumsfeld finished his opening remarks, a woman standing in the back of the hearing room shouted: "Liar!"
"Whoever that is, would security please remove them," Sen. Ted Stevens (news, bio, voting record), R-Alaska, the subcommittee chairman said.
A uniformed officer approached the woman, who wore a hot pink T-shirt that said "Stop The War Now" and bore the number 2,450, an apparent reference to the number of U.S. military members who have died in Iraq. She was escorted out without a struggle.
Rumsfeld was testifying on
President Bush's 2007 defense budget request and the administration's request for an extra $65 billion to cover costs in Iraq and Afghanistan this year. He told the panel that the Pentagon needs the money available by the end of this month to avoid interfering with important military projects, including the training and equipping of security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Associated Press | ROBERT BURNS | May 17, 2006 02:00 PM