State Dept. Briefing Turns Into Verbal Brawl

As far as fights between reporters go, there was a pretty spectacular verbal battle complete with profanity that occurred during a State Department briefing today. Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland scolded two reporters as though they were two rednecks at a bar, telling them, “Guys, take it outside, okay?”

As the one hour 11-minute long briefing concluded, one male and one female reporter began shouting at each other. The fight involved the questions the female reporter had asked.

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