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The parking lot of the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Md. was a crossroads of discontent Friday. Soldiers and veterans for and against the Iraq war had something to say about testimony offered during a hearing sponsored by Iraq Veterans Against the War.

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"We have seen a pattern," said Debbie Lee, the mother of Marc Alan Lee, a Navy SEAL who was killed in Iraq in 2006. "We're calling for Americans to stand up. A lot of people are not aware of what's going on."

The hollering started after Morgan opened the floor to questions, and Barry, 51, a veteran activist from Santa Monica, Calif., and a member of Code Pink, stood and began to debate Morgan's claims.

"I'm a second-generation Marine!" he yelled as he revealed his pink coat, which he wore with light pink pants with a dark pink military stripe. He said later in an interview that he had not in fact been a Marine, but his father and brother had. "We love the Marines! We want to bring them home!"

Security officials appeared as the event degenerated into shouting and jostling and told Barry to leave.

"Under what authority are you asking me to leave?" he yelled as he was hustled out the door. "This is wrong! This is America! . . . Where am I going?"

"Shut the hell up," one of the security men snapped. Barry was escorted to the lobby and told not to come back.

Back at the news conference, disputes continued loudly.

"Lies, lies, lies," a Code Pink supporter chanted.

Catherine Moy, executive director of Move America Forward, said: "We don't do this at their press conferences."