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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets service members at Shannon Airport in Ireland, July 19, 2011. Mullen is returning to the U.S. after completing a 12-day, six-country trip to meet with counterparts and troops in China, Korea and Japan, and to attend the International Security Assistance Force change-of-command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan.

IRELAND GREETING

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets service members at Shannon Airport in Ireland, July 19, 2011. Mullen is returning to the U.S. after completing a 12-day, six-country trip to meet with counterparts and troops in China, Korea and Japan, and to attend the International Security Assistance Force change-of-command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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