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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:30:25 PM EST
Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff, Air Force, right, looks to Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, as he testifies during the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on the Air Force Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sexual assaults across the military are a growing epidemic. In releasing a massive report Pentagon leaders continued to struggle with how to combat the problem and give victims enough confidence in the system to come forward. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Posted: 5/8/2013 4:58:27 PM EST
Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, gestures as he testifies during the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on the Air Force Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control and, if necessary, launch nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings, including a remarkably dim review of their unit's launch skills. The group's deputy commander said it is suffering "rot" within its ranks. Asked about this at the Senate hearing Wednesday, Donley explained the problem by stressing that launch control officers are relatively junior in rank — lieutenants and captains — and need to be reminded continually of the importance of "this awesome responsibility" for which they have been trained. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Posted: 5/2/2013 6:01:41 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal is released and distributed to Senate staff members on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
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Posted: 5/2/2013 6:01:41 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal is released and distributed to Senate staff members on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
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Posted: 5/2/2013 6:01:41 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal is released and distributed to Senate staff members on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
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Posted: 4/29/2013 3:08:32 AM EST
FILE - In this April 12, 2013, file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, holds a copy of President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal book during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. As the population gets older, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are eating up more and more of the federal budget, squeezing the ability of the government to pay for other programs. Today, the three massive benefit programs account for 44 percent of federal spending. Left unchanged, they will account for more than 60 percent in 25 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 4/24/2013 1:48:34 PM EST
FILE - In this April 12,2013 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, holds a copy of President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal book during a House Ways and Means Committee heairng on Capitol Hill in Washington. Preparing for another debt showdown this summer, House Republicans advanced a bill Wednesday to protect Social Security recipients and investors in Treasury bonds if the government hits the limit of its borrowing authority.The House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill that would exempt interest and principal payments on Treasury bonds from the statutory debt limit. It would also exempt interest payments to the Social Security trust funds. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 4/15/2013 5:29:34 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/15/2013 1:06:00 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/15/2013 1:06:00 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/15/2013 12:39:32 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/15/2013 12:39:32 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/15/2013 11:58:50 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/15/2013 11:58:50 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/13/2013 9:39:35 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/13/2013 9:39:35 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/13/2013 2:55:32 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/13/2013 2:55:32 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/12/2013 6:53:04 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out before he talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 4/12/2013 6:16:55 PM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget while standing next to acting Director of Office of Management and Budget Jeffrey Zients in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
