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U.S. Navy. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, congratulates Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, after signing a memorandum of understanding to continue combatting terrorism at the Central Navy Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2011. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country to meet with his counterparts.

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U.S. Navy. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, congratulates Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, after signing a memorandum of understanding to continue combatting terrorism at the Central Navy Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2011. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country to meet with his counterparts.

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