WAR CZAR CONSIDERED BY SENATE COMMITTEE IN WASHINGTON
Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute listens to Liz Hourian of Code Pink before testifying to the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding his nomination for Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 7, 2007. (UPI Photo/David Brody)
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