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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens to an Arabic translation by Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Morris at the U.S. Army Special Warfare Center and School on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 31, 2008. Mullen sat in on a class with special forces soldiers who are being trained in Arabic.

ARABIC INSTRUCTION

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens to an Arabic translation by Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Morris at the U.S. Army Special Warfare Center and School on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 31, 2008. Mullen sat in on a class with special forces soldiers who are being trained in Arabic.

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