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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses soldiers assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division at Camp Marmal in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, July 17, 2011. Mullen's trip continued with a stop in Kabul, Afghanistan, to visit leaders and attend an International Security Assistance Force change-of-command ceremony, where U.S. U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John Allen relieved U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus.

CAMP MARMAL ADDRESS

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses soldiers assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division at Camp Marmal in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, July 17, 2011. Mullen's trip continued with a stop in Kabul, Afghanistan, to visit leaders and attend an International Security Assistance Force change-of-command ceremony, where U.S. U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John Allen relieved U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus.

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