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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands out commemorative coins at the conclusion of an all-hands call on Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Feb. 19, 2009. Mullen is on a two-day trip visiting airmen on Minot and Scott Air Force bases and soldiers on Fort Campbell, Ky.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands out commemorative coins at the conclusion of an all-hands call on Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Feb. 19, 2009. Mullen is on a two-day trip visiting airmen on Minot and Scott Air Force bases and soldiers on Fort Campbell, Ky.

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