Sec. Gates and Chairman Mullen speak on Iraq and Afganistan wars in Washington

Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-MA, questions Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen on the progress by the Iraqi government on U.S. mandated benchmarks and NATO support for operations in Afghanistan during the meeting of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 10, 2008. (UPI Photo/Patrick D. McDermott)