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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Senate Committee on Armed Services members, Senators Ted Kennedy, Carl Levin and John Warner listen U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates testify regarding the progress made in the war on terrorism, the way forward in Iraq and the situation in Afghanistan, March 27, 2008, in Washington, D.C.

Senate Committee on Armed Services members, Senators Ted Kennedy, Carl Levin and John Warner listen U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates testify regarding the progress made in the war on terrorism, the way forward in Iraq and the situation in Afghanistan, March 27, 2008, in Washington, D.C.

Senate Committee on Armed Services members, Senators Ted Kennedy, Carl Levin and John Warner listen U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates testify regarding the progress made in the war on terrorism, the way forward in Iraq and the situation in Afghanistan, March 27, 2008, in Washington, D.C.

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