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In this new video from the PEN network, PEOPLE looks back at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie\'s life together. East Coast Deputy News Editor Mary Green, who has led PEOPLE\'s coverage since 2005, remembers her own relationship with the couple.

When news broke on Tuesday that Angelina Jolie had filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, I was shocked, anxiety-filled, and saddened. This is a couple I\'ve had the privilege of covering for over 11 years, from

to the births and adoptions of their kids, their wedding and her health battles. Despite trying times, they\'d always relied on each other, and come out stronger for it.

 In one of my first conversations with Angelina, we talked about international adoption and the importance of making sure each of her children was knowledgeable about his or her heritage.

"Brad and I want them to know all about where they were born. So they can be proud," she told me. "We want them to be citizens of the world." Each child had a teacher from his or her birth country, to teach them about the language, history and culture. Jolie said that Shiloh, who was only a few months old at the time, would learn about Namibia, where she was born. From the start, I could see that both parents only wanted to do what was best for their kids.

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When criticism would be lobbed against one partner, the other would always stick up for them. I remember one time when I was talking to Brad about his work in New Orleans. At the end of the conversation, he said, "Hey, I hear the tabloids are going crazy about my mom hating Angie. That couldn\'t be less true. My mom loves Angie." Years later I asked Angelina about Brad, who was about to turn 50, and his many looks through the years, including his regrettable Grizzly Adams beard. She laughed and said, "I love it. But I love him every way, always." 

While emotions are running high, and the hurt from this split is considerable, both sides are doing their best to temper reactions and not play the media game, despite all of our appetite for it. Once things settle down, I think we\'ll see a new chapter of the Brad and Angelina story. They\'ll continue to make movies, to work on charitable causes and issues that are personal to each of them and most of all to put their children first. As one source who has known both of them for years told me, "It\'s strange they won\'t be partners any more, but they\'re always going to be in each other\'s lives. The six kids will always bring them together."

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