Editing Separate Stereo Tracks?

Hey all-
I'm having a problem with FCEHD. I've captured some footage on my GL2 and I had a Beachtek DXA-6 hooked up to it with two separate external mics. When I import the video into FCEHD, there is only one track of audio. Can I split these two sources and edit each one individually somehow? (And yes, I made sure that I had the Beachtek switched to "Stereo" when I was recording). Anyway, any help would be great.
Thanks!

Thanks Tom, is there anything special I need to do to make the stereo tracks mono? (I can't play with it right now... not at home). I tried unlinking them, but that didn't work if I remember correctly.
Thanks again.

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