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"But the real salute goes to our colleagues who serve in the National Guard and Reserves, and especially those dozens from across the country and across the company who are on active duty this very day." "State Farm and all its associates can take pride in this national recognition," Ed Rust Jr., chief executive officer and chairman, said in a statement published on the company's Web site. The State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is one of 15 organizations receiving the 2008 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award for outstanding support of its employees in the National Guard or Reserve. Its employees, who are also Reserve and Guard members, know the company is helping take care of their families while they are away serving this country." "State Farm has shown that it, too, takes care of its people. "In the military, the best leaders are those who always take care of their people, and it is no different in the civilian workplace," said Gordon Sumner, executive director of the Defense Department's National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. It also reflects State Farm's posture toward the reserve-component service members it employs.
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WASHINGTON - "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there," is the insurance company's advertising slogan, but it doesn't apply only to the clients the company insures.