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U.S. Navy Capt. Wayne P. Hughes Jr., thesis supervisor at the Naval Postgraduate School, congratulates U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after he was inducted into the institution's Hall of Fame in Monterey, Calif., Aug. 11, 2009.

HALL OF FAME

U.S. Navy Capt. Wayne P. Hughes Jr., thesis supervisor at the Naval Postgraduate School, congratulates U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after he was inducted into the institution's Hall of Fame in Monterey, Calif., Aug. 11, 2009.

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