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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (center) gestures to make a point as he answers a senator's question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 17, 2005. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (right), U.S. Air Force, and Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Tina Jonas (left) joined Rumsfeld in testifying before the committee.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld gestures to make a point.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (center) gestures to make a point as he answers a senator's question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 17, 2005. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (right), U.S. Air Force, and Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Tina Jonas (left) joined Rumsfeld in testifying before the committee.

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