HOUSE COMMITTEE EXAMINES IRAQ POLICY
Former Defense Secretary William Perry (L) greets Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, D-MO, before Perry testifies at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 17, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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