Audience members disrupt VP Dick Cheney's Dallas speech

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Source: Dallas Morning News

03:01 PM CDT on Friday, November 2, 2007
By GROMER JEFFERS and JEFFREY WEISS / The Dallas Morning News

Vice President Dick Cheney's remarks that the country should not abandon Iraq was met with protest both inside and outside the Hyatt Regency in Dallas on Friday.

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"We believe Iraq does matter. We believe the stakes are very high,” he said. Mr. Cheney warned that a premature withdrawal from Iraq would destabilize the Middle East.

Mr. Cheney also said it was critical that Iran not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapons program.

A woman sitting in the back of the luncheon stood and shouted, "Get out of Iraq," and "Don't attack Iran." She was escorted out of the room.

Another man in the front of the room stood and shouted at Mr. Cheney about Iraq. He was also removed as Mr. Cheney told the crowd that diplomatic strategies were being used to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, but that "all options were on the table."

Outside the hotel, more than 75 protesters crowded onto a narrow strip of grass to protest Mr. Cheney's speech.



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