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Published 7/5/2009 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Watch as Adm. Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, uses CNN's Magic Wall to explain the situation on the ground in Afghanistan and the recent withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq's major cities.
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