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    Former US President Bill Clinton, left, and Sunil Gulati, Chairman USA bid committee, right, look on after it was announced that Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA Soccer World Cup, in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)


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    Washington Mayor-elect Vincent Gray speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, following his luncheon meeting with President Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


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    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbayeva (right) in Bishkek on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. The United States will reconsider its military presence in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan once it winds down its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014, Mrs. Clinton said. (AP Photo/Nina Gorshkova)


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    Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, take their seats on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, prior to testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy hearing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


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    Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., is at center, the committee's ranking Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. is at right. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


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    From left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen, Defense Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Defense Department general counsel Jeh Johnson, Gen. Carter Ham, commander of the United States Army Europe and co-chairman of the Comprehensive Review Working Group, take their seats on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, prior to testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy hearing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


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    Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, left, accompanied by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, before the Senate Armed Services Committee's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy hearing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


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    Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., center, flanked by the the committee's ranking Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, during the committee's hearing on the military Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


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    From left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Defense Department general counsel Jeh Johnson, and Gen. Carter Ham, commander of the United States Army Europe and co-chairman of the Comprehensive Review Working Group, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, before the Senate Armed Services Committee's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy hearing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


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