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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , center, speaks with Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn. , left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, prior to start of the committee's hearing on the Pentagon's budget. At right is the committee's...

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, joined by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, to testify before the committee's hearing on the Pentagon's budget plan.

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 26: Sen. Tom Coburn (L) (R-OK) and Sen. Carl Levin (R) (D-MI) confer before a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee January 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the topic of 'Taxation of Mutual Fund...

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) addresses the Council on Foreign Relations October 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. Levin spoke about the challenges facing U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan and said that the Pakistan-based Haqqani...

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) questions U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (2nd L) while Chairman U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (2nd R) and U.S.Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) talk during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing...

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Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , right, walks with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. , left, as they arrive at the Capitol for the vote on President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs bill, which is expected to fail in the Democrat-controlled Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI), holds up a paper while talking about some U.S. companies recieving large tax breaks, during a news conference on Capitol Hill, On October 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Sen. Levin released a Government Affairs...

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Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , talks to reporters after the Senate vote on a short term funding bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 26 2011.

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: (L-R) U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen greet committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) before a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee September 22, 2011 in Washington, DC. Panetta...

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U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (L)(D-MI) and Ranking Republican John McCain (R-AZ) confer during the confirmation hearing of U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 26, 2011. The nominee...

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WASHINGTON - JULY 26: U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey (2nd R) and his wife Deanie (R) listen to committee chairman U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) prior to his confirmation hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee July 26, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Dempsey will become...

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , left, huddles with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, during the committee's hearing on the nomination of Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, President...

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Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. , smile as they talk to the media about the upcoming vote to confirm Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, June 14, 2011 in Washington.

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Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , left, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. , talk to the media about the Chinese government's failure to cooperate in an ongoing Senate Armed Services Committee investigation into counterfeit parts in the Department of Defense supply chain, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, June...

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta (R) speaks with Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) during a break in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill June 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Panetta has...

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (R) questions Defense Secretary Leon Panetta while Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) listens during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on November 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on issues...

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Jordan's King Abdullah (C) speaks with US Senator Carl Levin (L), a Democrat from Michigan and Chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee, and US Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona and the Committee's ranking member, prior to meetings with the Committee on Capitol Hill in...

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) takes questions during a program at the Council on Foreign Relations October 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. Levin spoke about the challenges facing U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan and said that the...

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 03: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (3rd L) heads to a meeting with Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta, who was briefing members of Congress about the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, at the U.S. Captiol May 3, 2011 in...

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 2: Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) listens while Senate Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks to reporters in regards to the recent killing of Osama bin Laden on Capitol Hill May 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Last night...

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , left, talks with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April, 12, 2011.

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Senate Democratic Senators (L-R) Carl Levin (Michigan), Barbara Boxer (California), Daniel Inouye (Hawaii), John Kerry (Massachusetts), Maria Cantwell (Washington) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) gather to meet the media after Democrats met to discuss ongoing Congressional negotiations, as...

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Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, left, confers with President pro tempore of the Senate Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, after meeting of the Senate Democratic Caucus. From left are, Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis. , Levin, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. ,...

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Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, left, confers with President pro tempore of the Senate Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, after meeting of the Senate Democratic Caucus. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. is at center.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen (C) are greeted by Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin (D-MI), at a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington September 22, 2011.