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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Robert Hale, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009.

Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Robert Hale, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009.

Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Robert Hale, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009.

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