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Gates, Mullen Testify on 2010 Budget Request
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speak with Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson prior to testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009.Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speak with Senators Jack Reed, Joe Liberman, John McCain and Carl Levin prior to testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009. The defense leaders were joined by Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Robert Hale in their testimony on the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request.Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Robert Hale, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009.Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates testifies on the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009.Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009.U.S. Senators Joe Liberman and Carl Levin listen to the testimony of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009.Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009.Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speak with Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson prior to testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2009.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley