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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands out notebooks at the opening of Pushghar Village Girls School in Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, July 15, 2009. The school, located in a valley 60 miles north of the capitol Kabul, was built by "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson to promote and support community based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands out notebooks at the opening of Pushghar Village Girls School in Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, July 15, 2009. The school, located in a valley 60 miles north of the capitol Kabul, was built by "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson to promote and support community based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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