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Vice President Joe Biden, second from left; Biden's wife, Dr. Jill Biden; TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll, center; Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Dempsey's wife, Deanie, talk at the 18th annual TAPS National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp in Arlington, Va., May 25, 2012.

Vice President Joe Biden, second from left; Biden's wife, Dr. Jill Biden; TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll, center; Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Dempsey's wife, Deanie, talk at the 18th annual TAPS National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp in Arlington, Va., May 25, 2012.

Vice President Joe Biden, second from left; Biden's wife, Dr. Jill Biden; TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll, center; Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Dempsey's wife, Deanie, talk at the 18th annual TAPS National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp in Arlington, Va., May 25, 2012.

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