FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2008, file photo, U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa. , reads from a letter during a memorial ceremony for the late Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll in the Capitol rotunda in Harrisburg, Pa. A company owned by a nephew of Murtha received $4 million from the Defense Department last year for engineering and warehouse services, The Washington Post reported Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Murtha is chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2008, file photo, U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa. , reads from a letter during a memorial ceremony for the late Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll in the Capitol rotunda in Harrisburg, Pa. A company owned by a nephew of Murtha received $4 million from the Defense Department last year for engineering and warehouse services, The Washington Post reported Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Murtha is chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee.

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  1. In this photo provided by the Department of Defense, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan, right, shakes hands with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates during a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Gates said Wednesday the United States will never accept a North Korea with atomic bombs, saying the communist regime poses threats "even more lethal and destabilizing" than before.
  2. In this photo provided by the Department of Defense, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivers a speech during a meeting with a group of American and South Korean troops at the U.S. military headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Gates said Wednesday the United States will never accept a North Korea with atomic bombs, saying the communist regime poses threats "even more lethal and destabilizing" than before.
  3. Lee Thompson, executive director of the LOGCAP Program Office in the Defense Department, pauses on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, during a hearing of the independent commission on wartime contracting.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) and ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) take questions from reporter during a news conference about the Department of Defense authorization bill at the U.S. Capitol October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The 2010 defense authorization bill includes $560 billion for a second engine for the F-35 warplane and a hate crimes amendment that McCain opposed.
  5. In this undated photo provided by the Department of Defense via the The Times and Democrat, Spc. Demetrius L. Void is shown. A Pentagon statement issued Wednesday Sept. 16, 2009, says Spc. Demetrius L. Void of Orangeburg, S.C., was performing physical training at Kandahar Airfield on Tuesday when he was struck and killed by a military vehicle in Afghanistan. Void was assigned to the 57th Expeditionary Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas.
  6. Transfer vehicle guide, U.S. Air Force Airman Mercedes McCoy-Garrett, prepares to close the doors of the vehicle after the transfer case containing the remains of Marine Sgt. William J. Cahir, of Washington, D.C., was loaded at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. According to the Department of Defense, Cahir was killed August 13, 2009 in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.

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