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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, responds to a committee member's question during his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 7, 2006. Pace joined Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. Peter Schoomaker in testifying before the committee.

Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, responds to a committee member's question.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, responds to a committee member's question during his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 7, 2006. Pace joined Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. Peter Schoomaker in testifying before the committee.

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