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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Robert F. Hale, undersecretary of defense (comptroller) testify at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the department's 2012 budget request in Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2011.

SENATE TESTIMONY

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Robert F. Hale, undersecretary of defense (comptroller) testify at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the department's 2012 budget request in Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2011.

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