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. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

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.

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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. THOMSON, IL - NOVEMBER 15: The entrance is seen to the Thomson Correctional Center on November 15, 2009 in Thomson, Illinois. The closed prison facility is being considered by the Department of Defense to house suspects from the closing U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison.
  4. THOMSON, IL - NOVEMBER 15: The entrance is seen to the Thomson Correctional Center on November 15, 2009 in Thomson, Illinois. The closed prison facility is being considered by the Department of Defense to house suspects from the closing U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison.
  5. THOMSON, IL - NOVEMBER 15: The entrance is seen to the Thomson Correctional Center on November 15, 2009 in Thomson, Illinois. The closed prison facility is being considered by the Department of Defense to house suspects from the closing U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison.
  6. THOMSON, IL - NOVEMBER 15: A guard tower and prison yard remains empty at the Thomson Correctional Center on November 15, 2009 in Thomson, Illinois. The closed prison facility is being considered by the Department of Defense to house suspects from the closing U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison.
  7. THOMSON, IL - NOVEMBER 15: A guard tower and prison yard remains empty at the Thomson Correctional Center on November 15, 2009 in Thomson, Illinois. The closed prison facility is being considered by the Department of Defense to house suspects from the closing U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison.
  8. THOMSON, IL - NOVEMBER 15: A guard tower and prison yard remains empty at the Thomson Correctional Center on November 15, 2009 in Thomson, Illinois. The closed prison facility is being considered by the Department of Defense to house suspects from the closing U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison.
  9. THOMSON, IL - NOVEMBER 15: A guard tower and prison yard remains empty at the Thomson Correctional Center on November 15, 2009 in Thomson, Illinois. The closed prison facility is being considered by the Department of Defense to house suspects from the closing U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison.
  10. Antonio Carrasco embraces Juana Carrasco who is clutching a folded U.S. flag, during a funeral service for their son, Army Spec. Tony Carrasco, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at the Anthony Community Cemetery in Anthony, N.M. According to the Department of Defense, Tony Carrasco, 25, of Berino, N.M., died Nov. 4 when he was shot by a sniper in Iraq. Carrasco was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regimet, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division based at Fort Riley, Kansas.
  11. This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Spc. Joseph M. Lewis, 26, of Terrell, Texas. The Department of Defense announced Friday Nov. 20, 2009 the death of the Fort Lewis Washington soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. According to the Department of Defense Spc. Joseph M. Lewis died Nov. 17, 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.

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