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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Haitian President Rene Garcia Preval during a visit to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 26, 2010. U.S. forces are conducting humanitarian missions in Haiti in the wake of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Haitian President Rene Garcia Preval during a visit to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 26, 2010. U.S. forces are conducting humanitarian missions in Haiti in the wake of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation.

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