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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates greets Sens. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii and Patrick Leahy of Vermont before a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee on the Defense Department's fiscal 2012 budget at the Dirksen Senate Office in Washington, D.C., June 15, 2011. Inouye is committee chairman.

GREETING SENATORS

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates greets Sens. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii and Patrick Leahy of Vermont before a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee on the Defense Department's fiscal 2012 budget at the Dirksen Senate Office in Washington, D.C., June 15, 2011. Inouye is committee chairman.

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