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Local Is Michelle Obama's State of the Union Guest

Sgt. Ashleigh Berg has served two tours of duty in Iraq and has been stationed in South Korea and Germany.

A U.S. Army sergeant from Malibu will be among the guests in the first lady's box at tonight's "State of the Union" address by President Barack Obama.

Sgt. Ashleigh Berg, who joined the Army in 2004, has served two tours of duty in Iraq and has been stationed in South Korea and Germany. She is assigned to the 94th Army Missile Defense Command in Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Berg's husband is also an Army sergeant and is serving his third tour in Afghanistan. 

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—City News Service

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