Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, second from left, greet Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, right, and subcommittee member Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , as they arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2009, to testify before the subcommittee's hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal year 2010 budget. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, second from left, greet Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, right, and subcommittee member Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , as they arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2009, to testify before the subcommittee's hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal year 2010 budget.

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  1. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young participate in a joint news conference at South Korea's defense ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Gates said Thursday that North Korea continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and pledged to protect South Korea with Washington's full military might, including its nuclear capabilities.
  2. Protesters holding portraits of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young shout a slogan during a rally against the Security Consultative Meeting, or SCM, between the U.S. and South Korea in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 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."
  3. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young during Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defense Ministry in Seoul October 22, 2009. Gates said on Thursday that North Korea poses a threat to his country's allies in North Asia and promised to protect them under the U.S. nuclear deterrent.
  4. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young during Security Consultative Meeting or SCM at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 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."
  5. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, arrives to sign the guest book before meeting South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan as U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens looks on at the Government Complex 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.
  6. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) talks with Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo October 20, 2009. The United States wants to stick to a deal on realigning U.S. troops in Japan, Defense Secretary Gates said on Tuesday, giving Japan's new government little room to move on an issue that could test ties.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., presides over a hearing on effective strategies for preventing health care fraud, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Leahy.
  14. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., right, accompanied by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, following a vote.
  15. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on health insurance companies, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009,on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  16. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, accompanied by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., speaks during a news conference on health insurance companies, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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