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...there will be no war with Iran during the Bush Administration. It meshes with the views of the operational types at the Pentagon, who have steadfastly resisted the march to war led by some Administration hawks. The anti-war group was composed of Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs; and Admiral William Fallon, who oversees the U.S. forces that would have had to wage that war. In recent months, all have pushed back privately and publicly, on the wisdom of going to war with Tehran. Indeed, the Pentagon's intelligence units were instrumental...
...late August, after visiting Chinese military facilities, U.S. Admiral Michael Mullen sounded an almost buoyant note about Washington's relations with Beijing. "What I have seen is actions, not just words," Mullen said, praising China's openness. "I consider that to be very positive." But that public warmth seemed to last about as long as a Lindsay Lohan rehab stint. Just days later, India, Australia, Japan and the U.S. held a comprehensive naval exercise, the first appearance of the Seventh Fleet in the Bay of Bengal since 1971, while Shinzo Abe, then Japanese Prime Minister, called...
...meter jump.The women’s 4x800 meter relay team also finished strong, taking third with a time of 9:41.36.On the men’s side, Holmquest was the team’s lone winner after running a 15:10.27 in the 5,000 meters. Senior Peter Mullen finished third, more than 50 seconds behind.The javelin was once again good to the Crimson, with Niemczak ending up second after a 48.75-meter heave and junior Alex Lewis taking fifth at 46.90 meters.Freshman Alex Tremblay finished fourth in the long jump, and junior Alex Obrecht was fifth in the shot...
...tough personally for me because I’ve been a little under the weather,” Green said. “But [our relay team] wound up at least being in position with a few laps left to go.” Senior Peter Mullen and freshman Ben Gutierrez were also forced to pull out of the 5000-meter run because of sickness and injuries. “In indoors and cross country, when the weather’s bad, you almost expect to get a cold,” co-captain Sean Barrett said...
...seniors Sean Barrett and Peter Mullen’s times also hit the mark. “That’s the most people that we’ve ever had qualify from a distance perspective in a very long time, which is really good,” Mullen said. “We had two really solid guys in the 3K, so that made it possible for some people to run the 5K for qualifiers. It worked out really well.” Injuries plagued the Harvard women’s track teams, however, as several athletes, including sophomore...