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Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deborah Mullen, hold a Minuteman presented to them by LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, in recognition of the Mullens’ commitment to military family support at National Guard Bureau Joint Family Program Volunteer Workshop and Youth Symposium in St. Louis, Mo., on July 21, 2008. The Minuteman symbolizes the National Guardmember always ready, always there to set down their plow and take up their rifle when the nation calls. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill) (Released)