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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, testify to the House Committee on Foreign Relations regarding President Barack Obama's announcement that he is sending an additional 30,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan, Rayburn House Office Building, Dec. 2, 2009.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, testify to the House Committee on Foreign Relations regarding President Barack Obama's announcement that he is sending an additional 30,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan, Rayburn House Office Building, Dec. 2, 2009.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, testify to the House Committee on Foreign Relations regarding President Barack Obama's announcement that he is sending an additional 30,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan, Rayburn House Office Building, Dec. 2, 2009.

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