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Navy. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses audience members at the Lee Hamilton Series on Civil Discourse and Democracy at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2011.

DISCOURSE AND DEMOCRACY

Navy. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses audience members at the Lee Hamilton Series on Civil Discourse and Democracy at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2011.

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