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Michael Chertoff, nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security smiles as Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-NJ, talks to members of the press prior to testifing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during his confirmation hearing on February 2, 2005 in Washington. Chertoff was formerly with the Justice Department...(UPI Photo/Michael Kleinfeld)
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