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Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Robert Hale, right, and Navy Vice Adm. Steve Stanley, director, force structure, resources and assessment, Joint Staff, hold a press briefing to discuss President Barack Obama's fiscal 2010 budget proposal at the Pentagon, May 7, 2009.

BUDGET BRIEFING

Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Robert Hale, right, and Navy Vice Adm. Steve Stanley, director, force structure, resources and assessment, Joint Staff, hold a press briefing to discuss President Barack Obama's fiscal 2010 budget proposal at the Pentagon, May 7, 2009.

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