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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits Marines assigned to Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 7, 2009. Mullen also traveled to Fort Campbell, Ky., to visit soldiers scheduled to be the first units deployed under President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 additional forces in Afghanistan.

LEJEUNE VISIT

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits Marines assigned to Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 7, 2009. Mullen also traveled to Fort Campbell, Ky., to visit soldiers scheduled to be the first units deployed under President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 additional forces in Afghanistan.

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