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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta smiles as he testifies on the Defense Department's budget proposal before the House Appropriations defense subcommittee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 16, 2012. Robert R. Hale, undersecretary of defense (comptroller), and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also testified.

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta smiles as he testifies on the Defense Department's budget proposal before the House Appropriations defense subcommittee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 16, 2012. Robert R. Hale, undersecretary of defense (comptroller), and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also testified.

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