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Mullen Visits Colombia II

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signs a guest book in the office of Gen. Freddy Padilla, Colombian chief of defense, after the two met in Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 17, 2007. Mullen is wrapping up a five-day trip to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations.

William Brownfield, left, U.S. ambassador to Colombia; Dr. Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian minister of defense; U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Freddy Padilla, Colombian chief of defense, give a press conference at the Colombian Ministry of Defense in Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 17, 2007.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during a press conference at the Colombian Ministry of Defense in Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 17, 2007.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Freddy Padilla, Colombian chief of defense, receive a brief during a visit to the Coordination Center for Integrated Action in Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 17, 2007. CCIA assembles representatives from 13 different ministries to develop policies and plans to ensure a coordinated response in territory reclaimed from narco-terrorists.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Colombian President Dr. Alvaro Uribe Velez at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 17, 2007.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with students and staff at the Colombian War College and General Staff Course, Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 17. 2008.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, along with William Brownfield, U.S. ambassador to Colombia and Dr. Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian minister of defense, greet Colombian President Dr. Alvaro Uribe Velez at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 17, 2007.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, observes a soccer game played by patients at the Bogota Military Health Battalion, Jan. 17, 2007. The hospital is rehabilitation center for Colombian soldiers many who have been wounded in the continuing 40-year war with the communist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signs a guest book in the office of Gen. Freddy Padilla, Colombian chief of defense, after the two met in Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 17, 2007. Mullen is wrapping up a five-day trip to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley