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The young couple were around one year into their relationship but were living apart at the time, making that date particularly special to them, Anita told The Washington Post in a phone interview Friday. Brad was posted with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Washington, D.C., while she was training to be a nurse in Newfoundland and Labrador, she explained.
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