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CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric greets U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife Deborah at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, Oct. 15, 2009.

MULLENS MEET COURIC

CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric greets U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife Deborah at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, Oct. 15, 2009.

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