REPORTER REMOVED

A REPORTER WAS FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THE PRESS AREA NEAR AIR FORCE ONE . . . DURING OBAMA'S TRIP TO LOS ANGELES:

You might know that, yesterday, PRESIDENT OBAMA was in Los Angeles . . . after attending a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Beverly Hills the night before.

But what you might NOT know is that just ten minutes before Obama arrived at Los Angeles International Airport to board Air Force One, a reporter named Brenda Lee was dragged away from the press area . . . kicking and screaming . . . even though she had White House press credentials.

So why was Brenda forcibly removed from the press area? Apparently, Brenda . . . who writes for a small, monthly newspaper called the "Georgia Informer" . . . wanted to give Obama a letter urging him to, quote, "take a stand for traditional marriage."

But after a member of the Secret Service refused to give the letter to Obama, and Brenda refused to give the letter to anyone but Obama himself . . . she started causing a scene and was dragged away by airport security. (NBC Los Angeles)

(--Check out a photo of Brenda being hauled off . . .)