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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division preparing to deploy to Afghanistan, May 14, 2010. Mullen, along with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Army Gen. Stanley McCrystal, commander, International Security Assistance Force accompanied Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to visit soldiers and families assigned on Fort Campbell.

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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division preparing to deploy to Afghanistan, May 14, 2010. Mullen, along with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Army Gen. Stanley McCrystal, commander, International Security Assistance Force accompanied Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to visit soldiers and families assigned on Fort Campbell.

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