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you know , being a mom means being a

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multi tasker and wearing a lot of hats

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or in some cases Hellman among the

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women serving in the U . S . Military

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in Iraq , His army . Major Paula martin

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who's from Stafford Virginia . She is

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near the end of her deployment as a

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bonus gift . She's being reunited with

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her stepdaughter specialist , Tishman

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Guns who's also serving in Iraq . They

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join us now live from Baghdad and Major

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Martin . This is the most important

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thing . First you can give a shout out

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your relatives here in the Washington

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area . I'd like to give a shout out to

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kayak , Erica and Red and my friends

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Savannah and sterling Collins . Happy

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Mother's Day , Savannah

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and Happy Mother's Day to you And the

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specialist comes how meaningful this

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you get to stand there with your step

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mom . I know you were very excited the

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prospect that this would happen so that

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your dad could see the two of you there

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together . Yeah ,

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she looks like a few

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words maybe martin . Let's talk about

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your mission . You do work on safety of

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their providing safety equipment . What

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does this mission mean to you ? Uh this

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means um knowing that the soldiers

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that's going out of the wire will get

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that face because of the equipment that

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we're providing for them . When are you

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scheduled to come home and with your

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deployment extended . Uh yes it was and

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I would be home . Um sometimes in

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august and uh

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specialist um talk about your mission .

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I know you worked on the supply side .

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Yes I do . Um I'm in a transportation

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unit and I just supply them with

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whatever it is that they need .

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Elected Vice President Cheney is in

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Iraq today and talking about supporting

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the troops and recognizing what an

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extra burden it is for families major

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martin . You want to just talk about

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that topic that what has meant for your

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family , the sacrifice that it means .

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Um I don't know . It

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was probably the hardest part is going

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home to a mid tour uh seeing your

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family and then have to leave again .

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But to know that they're supporting

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what we do here and and with their

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prayers and their their gifts and their

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cars and so they sent to us actually

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helped me get through this deployment .

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Well thank you both for joining us .

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Live from Baghdad . We appreciate and

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we certainly appreciate your service .

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Major martin specialist comes and we do

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wish you a safe space burning at home .

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Thanks so much . Thank you