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Charlie Rose interviews Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the Charlie Rose Show in Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 2009. Mullen answered questions regarding his congressional testimony on President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 additional troops to support the war in Afghanistan.

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Charlie Rose interviews Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the Charlie Rose Show in Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 2009. Mullen answered questions regarding his congressional testimony on President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 additional troops to support the war in Afghanistan.

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