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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is thanked by Jon Alterman, director and senior fellow of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mullen addressed the statemen's forum luncheon and discussed security and stability in the broader Middle East, in Washington, D.C., July 7, 2009.

MULLEN MEETING

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is thanked by Jon Alterman, director and senior fellow of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mullen addressed the statemen's forum luncheon and discussed security and stability in the broader Middle East, in Washington, D.C., July 7, 2009.

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