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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents U.S. Army Sgt. Monica L. Brown with the 2008 Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs Grateful Nation Award, Crystal City, Va., Dec. 8, 2008.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents U.S. Army Sgt. Monica L. Brown with the 2008 Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs Grateful Nation Award, Crystal City, Va., Dec. 8, 2008.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents U.S. Army Sgt. Monica L. Brown with the 2008 Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs Grateful Nation Award, Crystal City, Va., Dec. 8, 2008.

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