AFP: Anti-war protesters disrupt US defense budget hearing

"Anti-war protesters repeatedly disrupted a congressional hearing Thursday on US defense spending, with one demonstrator shouting "You are murdering people!" as police dragged him out of the room.

One by one, protesters clad in pink shirts stood up and voiced their opposition to US military action, forcing a grim-faced chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Buck McKeon, to repeatedly bang his gavel to suspend the proceedings.

"How many lives?" said an elderly woman clad in a pink shirt, as a police officer pulled her out of the hall. "How many lives?"

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had to halt his opening statement several times as protesters interrupted him."

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