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Deborah Mullen speaks at the christening ceremony for the Dewey, an Aegis-class destroyer, at Northrup Grumman Systems Shipyard, Pascagoula , Miss., Jan. 26, 2008. "Having been a Navy wife for all these years, having my sons serve, being a sponsor of a ship is probably the greatest honor I have ever had,” she said.

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Deborah Mullen speaks at the christening ceremony for the Dewey, an Aegis-class destroyer, at Northrup Grumman Systems Shipyard, Pascagoula , Miss., Jan. 26, 2008. "Having been a Navy wife for all these years, having my sons serve, being a sponsor of a ship is probably the greatest honor I have ever had,” she said.

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