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And eventually dealt with. >> gates says health care cost are eating up the defense budget awe congress rejects any military health premiums and give troops large are pay raises than the pentagon requests, so that limits how the secretary it address personnel costs. juliet. >> juliet: malini wilkes, thank you. a veteran of the california highway patrol dies in an unexplained aircraft. his aircraft was found in the desert of imperial, california. he was flying alone monitoring speeders in highway 78. the cause of the accident has not been determined and the investigation of course is underway. ...

Century, a high school diploma was a ticket into a solid middle class life. that is no longer the case. jobs today often require at least a bachelors degree. and that degree is even more important in tough times like these. >> president obama, the 10th president to visit hampton university which is one of the country's historically black colleges. secretary of defense, rob gates looking to trim a little of the fat at the pentagon now calling for congress and the military to face new economic realities and reevaluate defense spending. the secretary speaking on the 56th anniversary of the surren...

Flowed to the pentagon after 9/11 has been turned off. he'd like to save at least 10 billion dollars by cutting overhead and bureaucracy in order to sustain combat power. gates says he won't be pressured into protecting unnecessary programs. >> does the number of war ships we have in our building really put america at risk when the u.s. battle fleet is larger than the next 13 navies combined 11 of which are our partners and allies? >> the secretary's remarks coincided with the 56th anniversary of the allies victory in europe, had commemoration ceremonies taking place in london, moscow, and gat...