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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Lt. Gen. Ahmed al Khalid al Sabah, chief of the General Staff of the Kuwaiti Army, Feb. 26, 2011. Mullen attended Kuwaiti National Day celebrations that marked the 50th anniversary of their independence, and the 20th anniversary of their ousting of Saddam Hussein's forces from their country during the first Gulf War.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Lt. Gen. Ahmed al Khalid al Sabah, chief of the General Staff of the Kuwaiti Army, Feb. 26, 2011. Mullen attended Kuwaiti National Day celebrations that marked the 50th anniversary of their independence, and the 20th anniversary of their ousting of Saddam Hussein's forces from their country during the first Gulf War.

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