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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, enlists eight new service members at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Boise, Idaho, April 4, 2011. Mullen is in Idaho on the latest stop of "Conversation with the Country," an ongoing tour.

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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, enlists eight new service members at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Boise, Idaho, April 4, 2011. Mullen is in Idaho on the latest stop of "Conversation with the Country," an ongoing tour.

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