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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Navy, greets Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at a ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2011. The ceremony announced the donation of $3.3 million by the Australian government to help fund the "Education Center at the Wall" that would be located near the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial.

Adm. Mike Mullen greets Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Navy, greets Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at a ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2011. The ceremony announced the donation of $3.3 million by the Australian government to help fund the "Education Center at the Wall" that would be located near the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial.

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