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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) Robert F. Hale testify at a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee on the fiscal 2012 budget in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2011.

GATES TESTIFIES

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) Robert F. Hale testify at a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee on the fiscal 2012 budget in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2011.

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