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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses conference members at the launch of the Fund for Peace and Business Executives for National Security 2011 Failed States Index at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., June 29, 2011. In its seventh year, the index takes 12 indicators, from refugees to poverty and security threats, to rate the 177 countries on their stability.

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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses conference members at the launch of the Fund for Peace and Business Executives for National Security 2011 Failed States Index at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., June 29, 2011. In its seventh year, the index takes 12 indicators, from refugees to poverty and security threats, to rate the 177 countries on their stability.

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