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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Tina Jonas, right, undersecretary of Defense (comptroller) and chief financial officer, testify on the 2009 defense budget request to the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Washington, D.C., May 20, 2008.

BUDGET TESTIMONY

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Tina Jonas, right, undersecretary of Defense (comptroller) and chief financial officer, testify on the 2009 defense budget request to the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Washington, D.C., May 20, 2008.

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