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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

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.

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  1. 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.
  2. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) attends a news conference about the 2010 defense authorization bill at the U.S. Capitol October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The defense authorization bill includes $560 billion for a second engine for the F-35 warplane and a hate crimes amendment that McCain opposed.
  3. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) listens to reporters' questions about the 2010 defense authorization bill with ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) at the U.S. Capitol October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The defense authorization bill includes $560 billion for a second engine for the F-35 warplane and a hate crimes amendment that McCain opposed.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) answers reporters' questions about the 2010 defense authorization bill with ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) at the U.S. Capitol October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The defense authorization bill includes $560 billion for a second engine for the F-35 warplane and a hate crimes amendment that McCain opposed.
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (R) answers reporters' questions about the 2010 defense authorization bill with committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) at the U.S. Capitol October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The defense authorization bill includes $560 billion for a second engine for the F-35 warplane and a hate crimes amendment that McCain opposed.
  6. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) makes a statement about the 2010 defense authorization bill as ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) take notes at the U.S. Capitol October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The defense authorization bill includes $560 billion for a second engine for the F-35 warplane and a hate crimes amendment that McCain opposed.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) heads for a closed-door briefing with military officials in the Russell Senate Office Building November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee received a closed-door briefing from Army officials where they reviewed files about Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged perpetrator of the Fort Hood shooting.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) heads for a closed-door briefing with military officials in the Russell Senate Office Building November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee received a closed-door briefing from Army officials where they reviewed files about Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged perpetrator of the Fort Hood shooting.
  9. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) heads for a closed-door briefing with military officials in the Russell Senate Office Building November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee received a closed-door briefing from Army officials where they reviewed files about Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged perpetrator of the Fort Hood shooting.
  10. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) (L) and Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (R) listen to testimony during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the recent attack at Fort Hood that left 13 people killed and 30 wounded.
  11. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 09: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2L) meets with U.S. Senators including (L-R) Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) at the U.S. Capitol on November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Prime Minister Netanyahu also met with U.S. President Barack Obama and spoke at the United Jewish Communities (UJC)/Jewish Federations of North America 2009 General Assembly today.
  12. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) meets with (from L to R) U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Carl Levin (D-MI) on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 9, 2009.
  13. US President Barack Obama speaks during an event celebrating the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009. Dedicated to improving civic education and educating about the role and importance of the US Senate and named after the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, the Institute will be located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts.
  14. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) puts his arm around Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as they speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  15. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Ranking member U.S. Senate Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  16. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) speaks during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.

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