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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley comforts her son, Nalin, 10, and her daughter, Rena, 14, as her husband, Capt. Michael Haley, right, gets ready for a deployment ceremony for the South Carolina Army National Guard at Ft. Jackson on Jan. 10.

AP reports-- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's husband is leaving with his Army National Guard unit for a month of training before deploying to Afghanistan.

Guard Maj. Cindi King says Capt. Michael Haley's unit departs Thursday for Camp Atterbury in Indiana. The unit is not scheduled to return to South Carolina before the yearlong mission. Full Story

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Gov. Haley hugs her husband during a deployment ceremony at Ft. Jackson, S.C, on Jan. 10.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, Gov. Haley, Capt. Michael Haley and daughter Rena Haley, 14, talk before the deployment ceremony.

Previously on PhotoBlog: 

• Back from Afghanistan, soldier finds comfort in daily chores of family life
• Soldiers remember fallen comrade in Afghanistan
• Saving Private Ryan: US soldier wounded by IED blast in Afghanistan

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