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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before speaking at the annual Chiefs of Mission Conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 2011.

MISSION CONFERENCE

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before speaking at the annual Chiefs of Mission Conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 2011.

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