I'm grateful for the First Lady of California.

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"I think it's so poignant that we're talking about Tim on Father's Day because he was a father to so many of us, " said California first lady Maria Shriver, who once worked for NBC.

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John McCain of Arizona, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and first lady Laura Bush largely refrained from criticizing Democratic nominee Sen.

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