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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates testifies at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and its implications for national security programs in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2010. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also testified on the new U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty.

TREATY TESTIMONY

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates testifies at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and its implications for national security programs in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2010. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also testified on the new U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty.

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