Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, his wife Deborah, USS Dewey (DDG105) ships sponsor and Cmdr. Warren R. Buller, commanding officer, USS Dewey watch the crew bring the ship to life at the commissioning ceremony for U.S. Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer at Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, Calif. on March 6, 2010. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released)
Deborah Mullen’s family connections with the American Red Cross stretch back more than 65 years to when her father entertained troops in the Pacific with a Broadway show as part of the Red Cross Military Welfare Services
"...Very critical to me is that the military be the apolitical organization we are. And the politics become the politics. We serve the president, whoever that is."
(January 06, 2010, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)