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U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe, left, commander of troops for the presidential inauguration, speaks with U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before an overview brief of inaugural events in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. Rowe commands the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, which stood up as a Joint Task Force during the inaugural period, and also heads the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee.

INAUGURAL TALK

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe, left, commander of troops for the presidential inauguration, speaks with U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before an overview brief of inaugural events in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. Rowe commands the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, which stood up as a Joint Task Force during the inaugural period, and also heads the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee.

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