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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen greets the Salvadoran army's Cuscatlan Battalion in San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan. 18, 2008. Mullen's visit to the Central American country wraps up a five-day tour of the U.S. Southern Command area of operations.

CHAIRMAN GREETS SALVADORAN ARMY

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen greets the Salvadoran army's Cuscatlan Battalion in San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan. 18, 2008. Mullen's visit to the Central American country wraps up a five-day tour of the U.S. Southern Command area of operations.

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