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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, salutes during a wreath laying ceremony at the Shrine of Remembrance with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 7, 2010. The leaders are in Australia to attend the Australia-U.S. Ministerial.

MULLEN SALUTES

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, salutes during a wreath laying ceremony at the Shrine of Remembrance with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 7, 2010. The leaders are in Australia to attend the Australia-U.S. Ministerial.

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