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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen is thanked by Michele Flournoy, president and co-founder of the Center for a New American Security after delivering his first public speech as chairman at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., Oct. 25, 2007.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen is thanked by Michele Flournoy, president and co-founder of the Center for a New American Security after delivering his first public speech as chairman at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., Oct. 25, 2007.

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