Secretary Gates listens to a senator's question. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates listens to a senator's question while testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27, 2007. Gates, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, testified about the additional funding requested for Iraq and Afghanistan. SHARE: Download: Full Size (0.02 MB) Credit: VIRIN: 440332-Z-FFT13-574.jpg Photo Gallery