On Tuesday, the White House Office of Public of Engagement and Domestic Policy Council hosted leaders of several national veteran-serving organizations ahead of Veterans Day. During the meeting, the leaders acknowledged President Biden’s record of supporting our nations veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors — a core pillar of his Unity Agenda for the nation…
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Neera Tanden Remarks to Press on Veteran Homelessness
As Prepared For Delivery: Good afternoon, everyone. As of last year, there were over 580,000 homeless people in this country. Four out of every 10 of those individuals were unsheltered—living on the streets, in tents, in cars, or other places. And many are veterans who have served our country. Homelessness is a challenge we…
Readout: Biden-Harris Administration Convenes Workshop on Good-Paying Jobs for Veterans and Military Spouses
ONCD Announced Major Commitments to Increase New Job Opportunities and Cyber Workforce Training programs to Prepare Students to Join the Nation’s Cyber Workforce August 1, 2024 Yesterday at the White House, the Biden-Harris Administration convened stakeholders from across the public and private sectors for a workshop focused on expanding opportunities for veterans and military spouses…
A Proclamation on National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, 2023
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea — an unbreakable bond forged by American and Korean service members who fought side-by-side from 1950 to 1953. These patriots braved dangers and deprivations, facing down war and death in defense of democracy. Today, we remember their…
Remarks by President Biden at a Veterans Day Wreath Laying Ceremony | Arlington, VA
Arlington National CemeteryArlington, Virginia 12:00 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, thank you, thank you. My fellow Americans, on this day, 105 years ago, the Great War ended. As news of peace reached the frontlines of France, a young American solider sent a letter home to his parents in Missouri, and I —…
FACT SHEET: On Second Anniversary, President Biden’s Bipartisan PACT Act Delivers Benefits to More Than 1 Million Veterans and Survivors across all 50 States and U.S. Territories
Two years ago, President Biden signed the landmark bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act into law, enacting the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans and their survivors in more than 30 years. Named in honor of Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson,…
FACT SHEET: President Biden to Announce 1 Million PACT Act Claims Approved, Benefits Delivered to Veterans in all 50 States and U.S. Territories
President Biden signed the landmark bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act into law in August 2022, enacting the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans in more than 30 years. Named in honor of Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson, a decorated combat…
Statement from Joe Biden on the Second Anniversary of the PACT Act
As Americans, we have a sacred obligation to care for veterans and their families. We owe them a debt we can never fully repay. Two years ago, I signed the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins (PACT) Act enacting the most significant expansion of benefits and health care…
Readout of Forum with HBCU Student Veterans and Cadets
On Friday, the White House Office of Public Engagement hosted over 60 Historically Black College and University (HBCU) student veterans and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) students from seven HBCUs for the White House Student Veterans and Cadets Forum. This was a first-of-its-kind event to amplify the President’s ongoing commitment to supporting HBCUs, service members,…
FACT SHEET: Congressional Republicans are Wasting Time Instead of Delivering for the American People Yet Again
Instead of working across the aisle to do their most basic job and deliver for the American people by keeping the government open and providing emergency funding for disasters, House Republicans are yet again wasting time with extreme policies and a potentially harmful long-term continuing resolution (CR). The House Republicans’ long-term CR abdicates their responsibility…
