This US Navy handout photograph shows Ray Mabus (R) being sworn in as the 75th US Navy Secretary by US Defense Secretary Rbert Gates (L) on June 18, 2009 at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

This US Navy handout photograph shows Ray Mabus (R) being sworn in as the 75th US Navy Secretary by US Defense Secretary Rbert Gates (L) on June 18, 2009 at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

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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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