The Pentagon's Defense Comptroller Robert Hale listens to testimony during the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee on the fiscal year 2010 defense budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 20, 2009. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

The Pentagon's Defense Comptroller Robert Hale listens to testimony during the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee on the fiscal year 2010 defense budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 20, 2009.

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  1. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Michael Mullen take questions from reporters during news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  2. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates(L) and German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg prepare to speak to reporters at the Pentagon November 19, 2009, in Washington, DC on their way to a private meeting.
  3. US Army Sgt. Maj. Leroy Walker Jr. wipes tears during a candle light vigil on November 5, 2009 at fort Hood, one day after 13 people killed in a bloody rampage. The bodies of those killed in a shooting spree at a US Army base will be taken to the same mortuary that handles fallen soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon said.
  4. A new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle called the M-ATV is on display outside the Pentagon on November 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.The M-ATV is designed to replace the up-armored Humvee in Afghanistan.
  5. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) greets the People's Republic of China Central Military Commission Vice Chairman General Xu Caihou (2nd L) at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, October 27, 2009. Xu, the highest level Chinese military official to visit in years of rocky relations between the superpowers, holds talks with Gates amid US concerns over China's emergence as a potential high tech military rival.
  6. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) greets Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa at the Pentagon on October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  7. ARLINGTON, VA - OCTOBER 01: Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Multi-National Force-Iraq commanding general, briefs reporters at the Pentagon October 1, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Odierno briefed reporters on the current state of military affairs in Iraq.
  8. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) hosts an honor cordon to welcome Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak on September 21, 2009 at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
  9. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) and Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General James Cartwright hold a press conference on September 17, 2009 at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Disputed elections in Afghanistan have 'complicated the picture' for the administration od US President Barack Obama as it reviews US war strategy, Gates said on Thursday.
  10. Victims' relatives and Pentagon staff visit the Pentagon memorial after a ceremony on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with US President Barack Obama on September 11, 2009 at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
  11. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 11: Vice Admiral John Currier (L), Chief of Staff for the U.S. Coast Guard, speaks to the media during a news conference outside the headquarters of the Coast Guard September 11, 2009 in Washington, DC. A false report of Coast Guard firing at a suspicious boat was eventually confirmed as a training exercise which had caused a scare as President Barack Obama attended a ceremony at the Pentagon to mark the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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  1. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates(L) and Chariman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen hold a press conference in the briefing room of the Pentagon in Washington, DC November 19, 2009, speaking about the shooting at Fort Hood. Gates on Thursday announced a major review of the Fort Hood shootings to examine if the military had missed warning signs or remained 'vulnerable' to similar assaults. The 45-day review would look at possible 'lapses or problems' before this month's army base shooting that killed 13 people and 'what can we do to prevent something like this from happening again,' Gates told a news conference.
  2. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  3. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  4. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  5. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Michael Mullen answers questions from reporters during news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Mullen and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  6. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  7. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates holds a press conference in the briefing room of the Pentagon in Washington, DC November 19, 2009, speaking about the shooting at Fort Hood. Gates on Thursday announced a major review of the Fort Hood shootings to examine if the military had missed warning signs or remained 'vulnerable' to similar assaults. The 45-day review would look at possible 'lapses or problems' before this month's army base shooting that killed 13 people and 'what can we do to prevent something like this from happening again,' Gates told a news conference.
  8. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates takes questions from reporters during a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  9. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates takes questions from reporters during a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  10. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Michael Mullen hold a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  11. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Michael Mullen hold a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  12. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  13. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Michael Mullen take questions from reporters during news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  14. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Michael Mullen take questions from reporters during news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  15. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) and German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg prepare speak to reporters at the Pentagon November 19, 2009, in Washington, DC on their way to a private meeting.
  16. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) and German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg prepare speak to reporters at the Pentagon November 19, 2009, in Washington, DC on their way to a private meeting.

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  13. ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 08: Michael Clarke of Australia drives over mid-on during day five of the Second Test match between Australia and the West Indies at Adelaide Oval on December 8, 2009 in Adelaide, Australia.
  14. ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 08: Brad Haddin of Australia evades a bouncer during day five of the Second Test match between Australia and the West Indies at Adelaide Oval on December 8, 2009 in Adelaide, Australia.
  15. ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 08: Dwayne Bravo of the West Indies pulls his shirt over his head in frustration during day five of the Second Test match between Australia and the West Indies at Adelaide Oval on December 8, 2009 in Adelaide, Australia.
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