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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefs the press at the Pentagon, Aug. 28, 2008, on his recent meeting with Pakistani Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, chief of staff of the Pakistani Army, and U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, Multinational Force Iraq, aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the North Arabian Sea.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefs the press at the Pentagon, Aug. 28, 2008, on his recent meeting with Pakistani Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, chief of staff of the Pakistani Army, and U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, Multinational Force Iraq, aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the North Arabian Sea.

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