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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, drives a robot used to detect and destroy roadside bombs during a visit to Exercise Mojave Viper, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 17, 2008.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, drives a robot used to detect and destroy roadside bombs during a visit to Exercise Mojave Viper, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 17, 2008.

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