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Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace address questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee in a hearing about Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2007.

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace address questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee in a hearing about Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2007.

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