Before Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel could finish the first sentence of his opening statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee, protesters from anti-war NGO Code Pink infiltrated the room and shouted down the Defense Secretary and committee chairman Carl Levin (D., Mich.).
"No more war!" the protester shouted. "The American public does not want war! We do not want war! No military solution to this! No more war! No more war! No military solution!"
"You're acting very warlike yourself," Levin said.
After Hagel's opening statement, two more protesters from Code Pink stood up in an attempt to interrupt the hearing and were promptly removed from the chamber, but not before shouting, "No more war! No military solution!" several more times.