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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the media after meeting with Gen. Franciszek Gagor, chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, June 29, 2009. Mullen is concluding a six-day trip to Europe visiting defense counterparts in Russia and Poland by attending the U.S. European Command change-of-command ceremony in Stuttgart, Germany.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the media after meeting with Gen. Franciszek Gagor, chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, June 29, 2009. Mullen is concluding a six-day trip to Europe visiting defense counterparts in Russia and Poland by attending the U.S. European Command change-of-command ceremony in Stuttgart, Germany.

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