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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testify before the House Foreign Relations Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 2009. The focus of the testimony was President Barack Obama's decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testify before the House Foreign Relations Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 2009. The focus of the testimony was President Barack Obama's decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan.

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