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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, receives the American-Turkish Council Distinguished Defense Award from retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, chairman of the Board of the American-Turkish Council, and Haluk Dincer, chairman of the Turkish U.S. Business Council, at the 28th Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkish Relations at National Harbor, Md., June 1, 2009.

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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, receives the American-Turkish Council Distinguished Defense Award from retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, chairman of the Board of the American-Turkish Council, and Haluk Dincer, chairman of the Turkish U.S. Business Council, at the 28th Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkish Relations at National Harbor, Md., June 1, 2009.

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