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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.), left, and ranking member John Warner (R-Va.) listen to Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Mullen's opening remarks during his confirmation hearing for appointment to Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, July 31, 2007.

ARMED SERVICES HEARING

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.), left, and ranking member John Warner (R-Va.) listen to Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Mullen's opening remarks during his confirmation hearing for appointment to Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, July 31, 2007.

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