The Senate Intelligence Committee’s hearing on John Brennan’s confirmation was postponed as Senator Dianne Feinstein ordered the room cleared of Code Pink protesters who were constantly interrupting the proceedings.

On five separate occasions, demonstrators interrupted Brennan’s opening statement to protest the Obama administration’s drone policies, in which Brennan has played a formative role. “I am going to ask that the room be cleared and that the Code Pink associates not be permitted to come back in,” Feinstein said. “That is five times now, and five times are enough.”