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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Navy, and Chairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Han Min-koo address the media during a joint press conference in Seoul, Republic of South Korea, on Dec. 8, 2010. Mullen traveled to Korea to meet with defense officials there reassuring the strength of the U.S.-South Korean alliance in light of recent tensions with the north.

Adm. Mike Mullen and Chairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Han Min-koo address the media.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Navy, and Chairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Han Min-koo address the media during a joint press conference in Seoul, Republic of South Korea, on Dec. 8, 2010. Mullen traveled to Korea to meet with defense officials there reassuring the strength of the U.S.-South Korean alliance in light of recent tensions with the north.

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