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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Peter Pace, address questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee in a hearing about Iraq on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., January 12, 2007.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Peter Pace, address questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee in a hearing about Iraq on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., January 12, 2007.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Peter Pace, address questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee in a hearing about Iraq on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., January 12, 2007.

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