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Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, interacts with Army Pfc. Geoffrey Quevedo and his mother, Ana, at the Palo Alto Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, in Palo Alto, Calif., Jan. 18, 2012. Quevedo lost his left foot and part of his arm to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in November. Biden's conversation with Quevedo was part of a larger meeting with wounded warriors, their families, and staff members.

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Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, interacts with Army Pfc. Geoffrey Quevedo and his mother, Ana, at the Palo Alto Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, in Palo Alto, Calif., Jan. 18, 2012. Quevedo lost his left foot and part of his arm to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in November. Biden's conversation with Quevedo was part of a larger meeting with wounded warriors, their families, and staff members.

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