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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Maria Valencia, a U.S. Border Patrol agent, at a stop to observe the U.S. - Mexican border while in El Paso, Texas, April 17, 2009. Mullen also visited Joint Task Force-North to better understand the current situation and violence that is plaguing the region.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Maria Valencia, a U.S. Border Patrol agent, at a stop to observe the U.S. - Mexican border while in El Paso, Texas, April 17, 2009. Mullen also visited Joint Task Force-North to better understand the current situation and violence that is plaguing the region.

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