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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deborah, greet retired Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress awards dinner in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2011. Mullen accepted the Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for excellence on behalf of the U.S. Armed Forces at the dinner.

AWARDS DINNER

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deborah, greet retired Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress awards dinner in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2011. Mullen accepted the Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for excellence on behalf of the U.S. Armed Forces at the dinner.

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