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OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Biden taps ex-Obama chief for VA | Shutdown looms amid standoff | SCOTUS rules on rape cases in military Ellen Mitchell © Getty Images OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Biden taps ex-Obama chief for VA | Shutdown looms amid standoff | SCOTUS rules on rape cases in military Happy Thursday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Ellen Mitchell, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. The Biden transition team announced the pick on Thursday, along with a slew of other off...

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Watching tv. >> debbie's friend, ellen mitchell noticed a change in debbie's behavior when she returned home from business trips. >> she would come home from some of these trips and say hey, let's go, you know, get a drink. let's have some dinner. and your expectation would be i want to get home to my husband. she didn't seem to be in any particular hurry anymore. >> looking back now, debbie's parents wondered if the marriage frayed the modern woman wasn't meeting lars' old fashioned expectations. >> she was not the time to stay home and bake cookies or walk in the door and serve you a male be...

Ladder in health care. her mom and dad jim and ann kelly marvelled at her commitment. >> she spent many, many hours traveling and many hours working overtime. >> but debbie hadn't found as much success in her personal life. she got married in her 20s but it didn't work out. now in her 40s and dedicated to her career, there was little time to look for the right guy. >> is it hard to date? >> it was hard for her to date. >> so in 2008 debbie took a new job that allowed her to focus a little more on her personal life. that's when she got serious about her tennis game. >> she was a little bit of a...