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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.

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US Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine (C) holds up an anonymous postcard she received from a gay member of the US military's experience serving without their fellow soldiers knowing their true identity and thanking her for her service, alongside Independent Senator Joe Lieberman...

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 31: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen (R) greets Sen. Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) (L) and committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (2nd L) prior to a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee March 31, 2011 on Capitol Hill in...

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. right, listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2011, during the committee's hearing on the U.S. role in Libya. Committee member Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn. listens at left.

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , left, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. , listen to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2011, by Air Force Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command,...

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US Senate Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Senator Carl Levin (L) ,D-MI, takes his seat while US Army General David H. Petraeus(C), commander of the ISAF and US forces in Afghanistan, greets ranking committee member, Senator John McCain ,R-AZ, before a hearing by the Committee...

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 15: Gen. David Petraeus (C), commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, greets ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (R) as committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) takes his seat prior to a hearing...

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , right, confers with committee member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, prior to the committee's hearing on Afghanistan with Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO...

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Senators Joe Lieberman(L) ,I-CT, Carl Levin(C) ,D-MI, and John McCain ,R-AZ, chat before the start of a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, March 1, 2011 to review the Defense Authorization Request for FY 2012 and the Future Years Dense...

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Senate Democrats, from left, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. , emerge from a closed door caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, as lawmakers work to help finalize the debt deal agreed on by Republicans and Democrats to...

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US Democratic Senator from Michigan Carl Levin speaks to reporters after a vote at the Capitol in Washington on July 31, 2011. With two days to act, President Barack Obama and his top Republican foes were closing in on a nearly $3-trillion accord to avert a disastrous default while...

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U.S. Senators (L-R) Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) and Ranking Republican John McCain (R-AZ) listen as U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey (foreground) appears at his confirmation hearing for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on...

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U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey meets Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI)at Dempsey's confirmation hearing for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 26, 2011. If confirmed, Dempsey will replace Admiral Mike Mullen.

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: (L-R) Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) greets Army General James Thurman, Navy Vice Admiral William McRaven and United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General John Allen before the officers' confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill June...

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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Allen (R) shakes hands with Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to serve as the next commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, on Capitol Hill in Washington June...

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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. , ranking Republican on the the Senate Armed Services Committee, right, and committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , welcome Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen, President Obama's choice to lead the military in Afghanistan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June...

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, left, welcomes Navy Vice Adm. William H. McRaven, center, nominee to become commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, and Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen, right, nominee to become commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan,...

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, left, greets Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen, President Obama's choice to lead the military in Afghanistan, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2011, prior to the start of the committee's confirmation...

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WASHINGTON - JUNE 14: U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) and ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speak to the media during a news conference June 14, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The senators held a news conference to discuss an...

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King Abdullah II of Jordan, left center, talks with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, right center, with Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md. , left, and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , before their meeting on Capitol Hill Tuesday, May 17, 2011 in Washington.

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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, foreground, speaks in Detroit with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. , from left in rear, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , at his side Monday, May 9, 2011. LaHood announced that Michigan has been awarded almost $200 million for...

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , walks to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 3, 2011.

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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) speaks next to Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) about the reported death of Osama bin Laden in the Ohio Clock Corridor on Capitol Hill, May 2, 2011.

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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (C) speaks while Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) listens about the reported death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the Ohio Clock Corridor on Capitol Hill in Washington May 2, 2011.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. , left, and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , leave together after talking to reporters about the operation that took down Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Monday, May 2, 2011,...