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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen and Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim leave the airstrip after flying in on a Brazilian C-105 aircraft to Ipiranga, Brazil, March 2, 2009. The chairman visited Brazil to meet with the minister of defense and see Brazilian operations in the Amazon region.

MULLEN IN BRAZIL

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen and Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim leave the airstrip after flying in on a Brazilian C-105 aircraft to Ipiranga, Brazil, March 2, 2009. The chairman visited Brazil to meet with the minister of defense and see Brazilian operations in the Amazon region.

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