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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, makes a comment during a press briefing with Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta at the Pentagon, August 4, 2011. The defense leaders focused on debt reduction. It was Panetta's first Pentagon press briefing since he was sworn in as defense secretary July 1.

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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, makes a comment during a press briefing with Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta at the Pentagon, August 4, 2011. The defense leaders focused on debt reduction. It was Panetta's first Pentagon press briefing since he was sworn in as defense secretary July 1.

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