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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., Dec. 7, 2009. Mullen visited the unit, which is due to be one of the first deployed under President Barack Obama's plan to surge 30,000 additional forces in Afghanistan.

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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., Dec. 7, 2009. Mullen visited the unit, which is due to be one of the first deployed under President Barack Obama's plan to surge 30,000 additional forces in Afghanistan.

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