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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducts a press conference with former Secretary of the Army and Veterans Affairs Togo West, right, and former Secretary of the Army John Marsh, not pictured, at the Pentagon, May 2, 2007. West and Marsh discussed the findings of the Independent Review Group which looked into conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.

INDEPENDENT REVIEW GROUP

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducts a press conference with former Secretary of the Army and Veterans Affairs Togo West, right, and former Secretary of the Army John Marsh, not pictured, at the Pentagon, May 2, 2007. West and Marsh discussed the findings of the Independent Review Group which looked into conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.

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