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Vice President Joseph R. Biden has been filling in for President Obama at speaking engagements recently, including at the National Educational Association annual meeting last week (top), disappointing one of the country's largest unions and the earliest labor group to endorse Mr. Obama. His visits smaller venues such as the Center for Active Seniors during a campaign stop of Davenport, Iowa. (The Quad City Times via Associated Press)
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Army Capt. Aston Armstrong sheds tears of joy after learning that both she and her friend, Capt. Stephanie Godman, made the cut at the conclusion of the grueling sapper training. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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With temperatures on the Missouri training course in the triple digits, Capt. Aston Armstrong wipes the sweat from her face during a break as she confers with Army Staff Sgt. Rock Richardson (left) and Army Capt. Pablo Diaz to prepare her platoon for the next mission. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Sapper candidates work their way to an objective during an exercise against an enemy force. The mission was part of an intensive 28-day course in Missouri to train soldiers in how to rig explosives, detect mines and set up firing systems. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Army Sgt. 1st Class Steven Jaynes holds his ears as an explosive goes off during a mission. Only the top combat engineers and soldiers from a unit are chosen to attend the Sapper Leader Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Members of the Honeys and Bears senior synchronized swim group perform. The group, which started in 1979, now has 41 members-10 men and 31 women-who range in age from 62 to 100 years old. ( (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Lettice Graham, 90, right, forms a pyramid with other members of the Honeys and Bears synchronized swim group. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Members of the Honeys and Bears senior synchronized swim group perform at Harlem's Thomas Jefferson Park pool in New York, Monday, July 9, 2012. The group, which started in 1979, now has 41 members-10 men and 31 women-who range in age from 62 to 100 years old. ((AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Army SFC Steven Jaynes holds his ears during an explosion for a mission, during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Monday, June 25, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Sapper candidate and Army Captain Stephanie Godman gets instructions as she prepares to take a position along the perimeter during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Sapper candidate and Army Captain Stephanie Godman (left) confers with her "Battle Buddy" Sapper candidate and National Guard Staff Sargent Anthony Hughes, as they plan for a mission during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Sapper candidate and Army Captain Stephanie Godman (right) and the rest of the platoon board a waiting truck to be transported to a site for the next mission during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Monday, June 25, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Hiding in thick brush, Sapper candidate and Army Captain Aston Armstrong returns to her platoon in the cover of thick woods after scouting out the area for the next mission to detonate explosives, during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Monday, June 25, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Sapper candidate and Army Captain Aston Armstrong gives directions to her platoon as they make their way into the thick woods for their next mission to detonate explosives, during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Monday, June 25, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Sapper candidate and Army Captain Aston Armstrong gets a little help after her rappelling mission down the side of a cliff during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Washington Capitals fans Susie Cox of Chesapeake, Md., and her daughter, Ella, 7, watch the first day of practice at the annual development camp at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington on Monday, July 9, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Thomas Di Pauli skates past a defender at the Capitals' development camp at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington on Monday, July 9, 2012. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)
