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U.S. Air Force Academy Falcon football team members listen as Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks to them Dec. 30, 2009, the day before they play the University of Houston Cougars in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas.

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U.S. Air Force Academy Falcon football team members listen as Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks to them Dec. 30, 2009, the day before they play the University of Houston Cougars in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas.

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