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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Navy, testifies at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on the 2012 Budget Request for the DoD at Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 17, 2011.

Adm. Mike Mullen testifies at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Navy, testifies at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on the 2012 Budget Request for the DoD at Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 17, 2011.

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