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Capt. Beau Biden left for Iraq Wednesday with his Delaware National Guard Unit. (CNN) – Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s eldest son Beau left his training base in Texas on Wednesday, bound for a year-long tour of duty in Iraq with his Delaware National Guard unit. The 114 members of the 261st Signal Brigade were training at Fort [...] (link)

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