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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lays a wreath at the Bundeswehr Memorial in Berlin, June 9, 2011. The memorial commemorates the deaths of over 3,100 German soliders killed in the line of duty since 1955. Mullen is on a seven-day trip visiting Egypt and Europe to meet with counterparts and leaders.

MEMORIAL WREATH

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lays a wreath at the Bundeswehr Memorial in Berlin, June 9, 2011. The memorial commemorates the deaths of over 3,100 German soliders killed in the line of duty since 1955. Mullen is on a seven-day trip visiting Egypt and Europe to meet with counterparts and leaders.

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