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SENATE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REFORMS FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

Sen. John D. Rockefeller, IV, D-WV, left, and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-KS, speak prior to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about reforming the intelligence community on July 20, 2004, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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