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Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, holds 15-month-old Sienna during a visit to the 1st Marine Logistics Group’s explosive ordnance disposal unit on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 20, 2012. Sienna’s mother, Chrissy Holley, is a Gold Star wife. Her husband, Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Floyd Holley, died in Afghanistan’s Helmand province in 2010 when he was hit by a blast from an improvised explosive device.

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Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, holds 15-month-old Sienna during a visit to the 1st Marine Logistics Group’s explosive ordnance disposal unit on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 20, 2012. Sienna’s mother, Chrissy Holley, is a Gold Star wife. Her husband, Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Floyd Holley, died in Afghanistan’s Helmand province in 2010 when he was hit by a blast from an improvised explosive device.

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