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Al-Jazeera English correspondent Josh Rushing talks with U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Pentagon, July 2, 2009.

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Al-Jazeera English correspondent Josh Rushing talks with U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Pentagon, July 2, 2009.

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