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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (2nd from left), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen (left), U.S. Navy, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Defense Robert Hale testify before the House Armed Services Committee about the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2009.

Secretary Gates testifies before the House Armed Services Committee.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (2nd from left), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen (left), U.S. Navy, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Defense Robert Hale testify before the House Armed Services Committee about the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2009.

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