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- ↑ Jenkins, Barbara Jo (October 23, 2023). "My Husband And I Were Front-Page News For Our Walk Across America. Deep Down, I Felt Like A Fraud". Huffington Post . Retrieved October 23, 2023– via Yahoo! News.
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