U.S. Department of Defense

Defense Leaders on Capitol Hill

Defense Deputy Secretary Gordon England, center, testifies along with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, left, and Defense Department Comptroller Tina Jonas at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Feb. 13, 2008.

Rep. John Murtha, chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, addresses Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen and Defense Department Comptroller Tina Jonas, during a hearing, in Washington, Feb. 13, 2008.

Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, center, testifies along with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, left, and Defense Department Comptroller Tina Jonas at a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, in Washington, Feb. 13, 2008.

Defense Department Comptroller Tina Jonas, far right, listens as Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, far left, responds to a question from a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense at a Feb. 13, 2008, hearing in Washington.

Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England takes notes during a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Feb. 13, 2008, in Washington.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, left, responds to a question during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing, Feb. 13, 2008, in Washington. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, right, also testified.

Defense Deputy Secretary Gordon England, center, testifies along with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, left, and Defense Department Comptroller Tina Jonas at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Feb. 13, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby