Pres. Biden: I’m ‘Deeply Proud’ of the Work First Lady Is Doing; ‘She Always Holds Our Military and Their Families in Her Heart’

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BIDEN: “So I just want to say thank you to everyone — to everyone involved in bringing this submarine into service: for those who laid the keel, for those sailors who will crew it and all — through all the years to come. And I want you to know that I’ve had an incredible partner. Jill has watched over the progress of the USS Delaware for years. The daughter of a Navy signalman during World War Two, the mother of a member of the Delaware National Guard, the grandmother of children who experienced having their father deployed away from home for a year at a time. She always holds our military and their families in her heart. And that is not hyperbole; that’s real. And I’m deeply proud of the work she is doing as First Lady with Joining Forces initiative she started with Michelle Obama when she was Vice President and now carries on. As First Lady, she doesn’t — she’s been to more military installations around the world. She’s hosted more than 20 events for military families.”