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White House reporters traveling with President Obama in Panama were forced to shove their way past a group of armed local Panamaniacs who were trying to prevent them from covering an event with Obama and Panama’s president, Juan Carlos Valera.
From the pool report:
Note at the top: local security officials attempted to cut off access as some of the pool continued to file into conference room where POTUS and President Varela were making short statements after bilateral meeting.
Your pooler was among those who had to try and force my way in along with other print/wires. Thanks to wrangler for helping to literally pull me in and get the rest of the pool in.
As pool arrived, at approx 11:24am local, POTUS was speaking with Varela to his left. Secretary Kerry and others in American delegation seated across from Panamanian counterparts.
White House Dossier, which is safely ensconced in the Northern Virginia Washington DC suburbs, nevertheless obtained this exclusive footage of the confrontation.