“Can you tell Muslims that their lives are as precious as our lives? Can you take the drones out of the hands of the CIA? Can you stop the signature strikes that are killing people on the basis of suspicious activity? Will you compensate the families of innocent victims you have killed?
I love my country I love the rule of law. The drones are making us less safe, and keeping people in indefinite detention in Guantanamo is making us less safe! Abide by the rule of law! You're a constitutional lawyer!”
—Medea Benjamin, a protester and co-founder of
Code Pink, a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement, while speaking over Obama during a televised speech. (
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