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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, Darly D. Parks, Florida A&M University trustee, left, and Florida A&M University President James H. Ammons, stand during the playing of the national anthem at the university's commencement ceremonies in Tallahassee, Fla., May 1,2010. Mullen gave the keynote address and commissioned 12 new officers into the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army during the ceremony.

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, Darly D. Parks, Florida A&M University trustee, left, and Florida A&M University President James H. Ammons, stand during the playing of the national anthem at the university's commencement ceremonies in Tallahassee, Fla., May 1,2010. Mullen gave the keynote address and commissioned 12 new officers into the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army during the ceremony.

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