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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets the children of the nation's fallen heroes at the Fourth Annual Time of Remembrance ceremony honoring America's fallen heroes in Afghanistan and Iraq on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Sept. 26, 2009.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets the children of the nation's fallen heroes at the Fourth Annual Time of Remembrance ceremony honoring America's fallen heroes in Afghanistan and Iraq on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Sept. 26, 2009.

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