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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets the children of Mata Khan in Afghanistan's Paktika province while walking in the village market, Dec. 15, 2009.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets the children of Mata Khan in Afghanistan's Paktika province while walking in the village market, Dec. 15, 2009.

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