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Jill Biden, right, hugs Theresa Martel, whose husband, Army 1st Sgt. Joseph Martel, is deployed with the 206th Military Police Company in Basra, Iraq, at the New York Army National Guard headquarters in Latham, Sept. 21, 2009. Susan Taluto, the wife of Maj. Gen. Joseph Taluto, the adjutant general, looks on.U.S.

THANKING A SPOUSE

Jill Biden, right, hugs Theresa Martel, whose husband, Army 1st Sgt. Joseph Martel, is deployed with the 206th Military Police Company in Basra, Iraq, at the New York Army National Guard headquarters in Latham, Sept. 21, 2009. Susan Taluto, the wife of Maj. Gen. Joseph Taluto, the adjutant general, looks on.U.S.

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