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President Barack Obama speaks with Navy. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates before the annual Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 30, 2011.

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President Barack Obama speaks with Navy. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates before the annual Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 30, 2011.

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