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First Lady Michelle Obama talks with volunteers at a June 25, 2009, event to fill 15,000 backpacks for military children attending Operation Purple Camps in the summer. The event was held by the United We Serve troop-support organization on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C.

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First Lady Michelle Obama talks with volunteers at a June 25, 2009, event to fill 15,000 backpacks for military children attending Operation Purple Camps in the summer. The event was held by the United We Serve troop-support organization on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C.

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