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Cindy McCain on the campaign trail

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Cindy McCain, wife of Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, meets with Phuoc Thi Le, 11, during a visit to an Operation Smile mission in Nha Trang,Vietnam, earlier this month. In 1997, the McCains arranged for Le, who was born with a facial deformity, to be brought to the U.S. for surgery. Le's father, Le Van Tan, looks on at their reunion.

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Cindy McCain on the campaign trail

Chitose Suzuki / Associated Press

Cindy McCain has been actively involved with Operation Smile since 2001 and is a member of its board of directors. The U.S. charity provides free surgery to children in developing countries born with facial deformities. In 1993, Cindy and John McCain adopted a child born with a cleft palate from Mother Teresa's orphanage in Bangladesh.

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