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CNN correspondent Barbara Starr interviews U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Detroit, Aug. 26, 2010. Mullen is on a three-day Conversation with the Country tour of the midwest discussing how community leaders can support the needs of returning troops and their families.

CNN INTERVIEW

CNN correspondent Barbara Starr interviews U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Detroit, Aug. 26, 2010. Mullen is on a three-day Conversation with the Country tour of the midwest discussing how community leaders can support the needs of returning troops and their families.

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