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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanks Col. Thomas Rotondi Jr., commander of The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own," for the band's joint performance with the Military Band of the People's Liberation Army of China at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2011.

JOINT PERFORMANCE

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanks Col. Thomas Rotondi Jr., commander of The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own," for the band's joint performance with the Military Band of the People's Liberation Army of China at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2011.

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