WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain referred to protesters who interrupted a national security hearing in Washington Thursday as "low-life scum" before having them ejected.
The group from the anti-war organization Code Pink began a disturbance at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing room as former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, 91, entered the room and approached the witness chair to offer testimony. They shouted "Arrest Henry Kissinger for war crimes" and held protest signs in opposition to Kissinger's role in the Vietnam War.