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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen salutes during the Turkish national anthem at Anitkabir in Ankara, Turkey, Sept. 15, 2008. Mullen laid a wreath at Anitkabir in honor of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the country's first president.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen salutes during the Turkish national anthem at Anitkabir in Ankara, Turkey, Sept. 15, 2008. Mullen laid a wreath at Anitkabir in honor of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the country's first president.

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