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A girl holds a plant decoration she will present to her military familiy during a Joining Forces Mother's Day event hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012. Children of military families later joined their mothers and grandmothers for a tea in the East Room.

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A girl holds a plant decoration she will present to her military familiy during a Joining Forces Mother's Day event hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012. Children of military families later joined their mothers and grandmothers for a tea in the East Room.

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