Gael Murphy

Gael Murphy, a resident of Washington, D.C., is an anti-war activist with Code Pink who has planned or participated in many of its high-profile protests and activities against the Iraq War.

She also was a foreign service officer and an aid contractor, gaining first hand experience of the mishandling of America's public policy.

A Salon writer who interviewed Murphy in 2008 described her as a "warmly robust, welcoming and intelligent presence with a firm handshake" who was tough enough for hard questioning.

[2] In 2004 Murphy was the lead protester speaking out at a Senate hearing featuring then United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

[3] In 2004 she was arrested with fellow Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin inside The Republican National Convention.