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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with American and French troops assigned to Task Force Lafayette during a visit to Forward Operating Base Morales Frazier, Afghanistan, on his annual USO holiday tour, Dec. 15, 2009. Along with Mullen, his wife, Deborah, welcomed tennis star Anna Kournikova, comedian Dave Attell, tennis coach Nick Bollettieri and musician Billy Ray Cyrus on the tour to visit troops in Afghanistan, Iraq and Germany.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with American and French troops assigned to Task Force Lafayette during a visit to Forward Operating Base Morales Frazier, Afghanistan, on his annual USO holiday tour, Dec. 15, 2009. Along with Mullen, his wife, Deborah, welcomed tennis star Anna Kournikova, comedian Dave Attell, tennis coach Nick Bollettieri and musician Billy Ray Cyrus on the tour to visit troops in Afghanistan, Iraq and Germany.

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