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1000s protest the Chicago NATO summit
May 20, 2012
May 20, 2012
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(CBS News) CHICAGO - Whatever NATO's ultimate withdrawal timetable from Afghanistan is, it won't be speedy enough for demonstrators outside the current summit in Chicago.
Thousands of protesters walked the sweltering streets of Chicago on Sunday to vent their opposition to NATO and the government leaders meeting just a few hundred yards away.
"We're spending $2 billion a week killing people who are very far away and really haven't don't anything to us," said protester Jeri Sparks.
CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds reports that as their chants echoed off the facades of downtown skyscrapers, a massive cordon of police -
Thousands of protesters walked the sweltering streets of Chicago on Sunday to vent their opposition to NATO and the government leaders meeting just a few hundred yards away.
"We're spending $2 billion a week killing people who are very far away and really haven't don't anything to us," said protester Jeri Sparks.
CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds reports that as their chants echoed off the facades of downtown skyscrapers, a massive cordon of police -
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