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Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, addresses a crowd gathered for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve’s annual award ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17, 2009. Fifteen employers received the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award for going above and beyond what the law requires in support of their military employees.

EMPLOYER PRAISE

Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, addresses a crowd gathered for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve’s annual award ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17, 2009. Fifteen employers received the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award for going above and beyond what the law requires in support of their military employees.

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