Smith, center, from Plattsburgh, N. The memorial has been closed due to the government shutdown. Republican Sens. Sarah Palin, were part of the protest. Cruz and Lee are among the hardcore conservative tea party-backed lawmakers who refused to keep the government operating unless President Barack Obama agreed to defund his signature health care overhaul. That's when more than National Park Service workers who staff and maintain the National Mall were furloughed.
The memorial has become a political symbol in the bitter fight between Democrats and Republicans over who is at fault since the shutdown began on Oct. Earlier rallies have focused on allowing access for World War II veterans visiting from across the country with the Honor Flight Network. Participants cut the links between metal barriers at the National Park Service site and pushed them aside.
Later, some protesters carried metal barricades that look like bicycle racks from the memorial to the White House and stacked them up outside the gates, confronting police in riot gear. District of Columbia police said the crowd was dispersing by 1 p. Park Police said there had been one arrest at the Lincoln Memorial for assault, but it was not related to the protest, said Lt. Pamela Smith. Egypt is awash in the tanks and planes it would need to fight a conventional war, and spare parts from U.
It held up the delivery of Apache helicopters, F fighter jets, M1A1 Abrams tank kits, which are put together in Egyptian factories, and Harpoon anti-ship missiles.
The U. Associated Press insula. Near-daily attacks against security forces and soldiers in the Sinai have increasingly resembled a fullfledged insurgency. They are literally sitting in warehouses. The Egyptian military has offered no official reaction. Before the announcement, the military chief, Gen. The military-backed government enjoys the support of key Arab nations such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Morsi was a leader of the Islamic Muslim Brotherhood.
