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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Jim Lehrer, host of PBS's Jim Lehrer News Hour, Arlington, Va., July 22, 2008.

JIM LEHRER NEWS HOUR

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Jim Lehrer, host of PBS's Jim Lehrer News Hour, Arlington, Va., July 22, 2008.

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