I think that many of us who live near military bases have heard and seen the recent mobilizations. We know where they are going and why.
So did Jill. Who recognized how that quick deployment changed family’s lives. And made it a priority to talk to the families affected. Jill Biden spoke recently to military moms about how it affects the families and not just those deployed. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jill-biden-visits-the-nervous-families-of-u-s-soldiers-shipped-off-to-help-in-ukraine-crisis/ar-AAUTXYH (
Biden described the struggle of spouses and parents trying to be loving and encouraging, while also praying for their family member’s safety and taking on a larger share of child care and home responsibilities. “And you’re losing sleep while pride and fear and frustration wrestle in your mind,” she went on.
Biden has made supporting military families one of her highest priorities. Even before President Biden’s inauguration, she announced she was relaunching the Joining Forces initiative she’d started with Michelle Obama — which had lain dormant during the Trump years, and which provides assistance, from mental health resources to changing the abysmal rates of military spouse unemployment, to families of service members. She frequently goes to bases to talk to families about their issues, and in November declared the high rate unemployment among military spouses “a matter of national security” and vowed to alleviate it.
At the State of the Union address she spoke in other ways. Sunflowers embroidered on masks and sleeves. She also sat with Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States for the State of the Union address by Joe. Communication without words.
More from Jill:
"Women have never been silent, but women have been silenced. That's because our voices are powerful. When we raise them, we can tear down injustice, topple tyrants and demagogues and shatter the shields of oppression," Biden said.
Biden praised women around the world who "courageously use their voice, no matter the cost."
"To our sisters from Ukraine who are fighting to keep their country free and their families alive: We stand with you in solidarity," Biden said. Her comments came amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Putin's forces.
"To our sisters in Russia who are protesting and speaking out against the invasion at great personal risk: We see your courage," Biden, 70, said.
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I really appreciate Jill’s words. I’m not sure why they’re reported in the life style section. Also just to follow up on the title: www.washingtonpost.com/… War is not a life style.