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Children receive books during a Reading is Fundamental event at the
Youth Center on Joint Base Andrews, Md., in 2013. Kareem Abdul-Jab-
bar attended the event hosted by Joint Base Andrews and the RIF
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tional Basketball Association’s history, read to the children.
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