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Naval Academy midshipmen laugh and enjoy a presentation by Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the U.S. Naval Academy Forrestal Lecture Series in Annapolis, Md., Sept. 21, 2011.

Naval Academy midshipmen laugh and enjoy a presentation by Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the U.S. Naval Academy Forrestal Lecture Series in Annapolis, Md., Sept. 21, 2011.

Naval Academy midshipmen laugh and enjoy a presentation by Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the U.S. Naval Academy Forrestal Lecture Series in Annapolis, Md., Sept. 21, 2011.

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