"Compared to where we were a year ago, we are succeeding in Iraq," Mr. McCain said at a brief town hall meeting on Monday afternoon at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Chula Vista, Calif.
At this stage, it's probably part of their briefing, some City Hall policy about community integration.
Moments later at the news briefing down the hall, as Malaysian officials answered reporters' questions, two Chinese women were escorted out of the hotel with reporters chasing after them and pushing through security officers.
They're in chow halls, briefing rooms, recreation facilities, and all sorts of other completely inappropriate, and often unavoidable, places.
Mr. Romney's brief comments outside City Hall came on the third day of a four-day swing through New Hampshire, where he is continuing to campaign heavily.
On Friday, in fact, Pulsipher received a brief tutorial from the Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, who stressed the importance of using the inside of his left leg to drive forward in his delivery.
Apparently the hall's brief occupation meant that the "Give it a Go" fair due to be held the next day had to be postponed.
In addition to legal challenges, the appointment of Kevyn Orr as Detroit's emergency manager has also prompted traffic protests, a brief occupation of city hall and even a proposal to form an independent shadow government of citizens and neighborhood groups in the city.
On Monday morning, Blois Olson, the players' spokesman, held a news briefing in front of Orchestra Hall, saying that the players had asked that representatives of management and the board meet with their own representatives in the afternoon.
The demonstrators staged a brief sit-in in the hall outside the office of the school's dean, Robert Clark.
