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From left to right, Maj. Richard Dennis, Senon Valdilles Jr. and Spc. David Valdilles share a light moment in the Oasis Dining Facility, Oct. 16. Photo by Sgt. Jon Soles, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. BAGHDAD — Life in the Army is often marked by deployments that separate families. But that doesn't mean families on the Army team can't see each other downrange. Circumstances at Camp Liberty, here, Oct. 16, allowed a rare meeting between Maj. Richard Dennis, a 1st Cavalry Division military police officer, his father-in-law, Senon Valdilles Jr., a Department of Army civilian, and Valdilles' son, Spc. David Valdilles.All...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton had an emotional reunion Monday with a colleague from the early days of her legal career as a child advocate. The moment came as she revisited her law school days while hosting a campaign event at the Yale Child Study Center where she first pursued her interest in child advocacy. Penn Rhodeen, a New Haven public interest lawyer who worked with Clinton as a student, recalled her showing up on his doorstep wearing purple bellbottoms. "It was so 1972," he recalled, praising Clinton for her longtime interest in helping children. "Here is...

The moment she spotted the young woman in the puffy silver jacket, Ginger Mayes screamed her daughter's name and rushed the escalator, oblivious of the other passengers streaming into the baggage-claim area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Zarminah Al-Rabiah stepped off the escalator and into her mother's arms. The women clutched each other in a minutes-long hug, sobbing and then laughing.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kenneth Fowler U.S. Army Maj. Sally Petty Paratrooper Reunites with Ninth-grade Teacher in Iraq By Sgt. Mike Pryor 2nd Brigade Combat Team 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs CAMP TAJI, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2007 — Do you ever wish you had a chance to say "thank you" to that one special teacher who helped you make it through school, the one who believed in you and pushed you to succeed? "Of all the FOBs in Iraq, I never expected to end up on the one where my high school history teacher works," 1st Lt. Kenneth Fowler 1st...