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    U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

    Michael Glenn Mullenis a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2007 to September 2011.
    Mullen was the 32nd vice chief of Naval Operations from August 2003 to August 2004.

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    About the Michael Mullen

    Michael Glenn Mullenis a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2007 to September 2011.

    Mullen was the 32nd vice chief of Naval Operations from August 2003 to August 2004. He then was the commander of both the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and the Allied Joint Force Command Naples from October 2004 to May 2005. From July 2005 to September 2007, Mullen served as the Navy’s 28th chief of Naval Operations.

    As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mullen was the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Armed Forces and diversified the top ranks of the Pentagon. He retired from the Navy after over 42 years of service. Since 2012, Mullen has been a visiting professor at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

    4 Quotes by Michael Mullen

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      I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that’s really the center of gravity.

      Michael Mullen

      U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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      The mission – the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there’s not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.

      Michael Mullen

      U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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      I think anybody in our – in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding of classified information.

      Michael Mullen

      U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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      I’ve said for a long time, clearly the – a, a critical key to success in the region is going to be Pakistan and our relationship with Pakistan, which was one that was broken in the late ’80s and which we’ve worked hard to restore.

      Michael Mullen

      U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff