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With the reconstruction of the Golden Dome Mosque in the background, U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with CBS correspondent David Martin about his tour of Samarra, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2008. Mullen visited nearby Patrol Base Olsen and got a walking tour of the market that is in the shadows of one of the holiest sites in Islam that was nearly destroyed in 2006 by extremists.

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With the reconstruction of the Golden Dome Mosque in the background, U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with CBS correspondent David Martin about his tour of Samarra, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2008. Mullen visited nearby Patrol Base Olsen and got a walking tour of the market that is in the shadows of one of the holiest sites in Islam that was nearly destroyed in 2006 by extremists.

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