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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen gives a thumbs up to Texas A&M University cadets after receiving an Aggies football jersey in College Station, Texas, on Sept. 30, 2010.

Adm. Mike Mullen gives a thumbs up to Texas A&M University cadets.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen gives a thumbs up to Texas A&M University cadets after receiving an Aggies football jersey in College Station, Texas, on Sept. 30, 2010.

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