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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands out a coin to a U.S. Military Academy band member outside his office at the Pentagon, Dec. 5, 2008. The band toured the Pentagon to play music before the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 6, 2008.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands out a coin to a U.S. Military Academy band member outside his office at the Pentagon, Dec. 5, 2008. The band toured the Pentagon to play music before the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 6, 2008.

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