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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Dr. Jill Biden watch as Vice President Joe Biden, Dr. Biden's husband, puts on a USS Delaware ball cap at an event at the Pentagon, Nov. 19, 2012, to announce the name of the USS Delaware, a future attack submarine. Dr. Biden is the ship's sponsor.

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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Dr. Jill Biden watch as Vice President Joe Biden, Dr. Biden's husband, puts on a USS Delaware ball cap at an event at the Pentagon, Nov. 19, 2012, to announce the name of the USS Delaware, a future attack submarine. Dr. Biden is the ship's sponsor.

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