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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates 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.

GATES TESTIMONY

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates 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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