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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Robert F. Hale, the Defense Department's comptroller, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., April 17, 2013. The three leaders testified on the fiscal year 2014 defense budget request.

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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Robert F. Hale, the Defense Department's comptroller, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., April 17, 2013. The three leaders testified on the fiscal year 2014 defense budget request.

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