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A Russian military honor guard welcomes U.S. Navy. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to St. Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2011. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country to meet with his counterpart, Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

RUSSIAN HONOR GUARD

A Russian military honor guard welcomes U.S. Navy. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to St. Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2011. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country to meet with his counterpart, Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

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