kyiv.Ukraine.Ukraine Gate – December 26,2021-President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on Saturday received a video call from the United States. forces around the world.
From the White House, Biden spoke to the Army and Air Force in Qatar, the Romanian Navy, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard in Bahrain, and the Space Forces in Aurora, Colorado. The president thanked them for being “always ready, always vigilant” and called the US military “the steel backbone of the nation.”
“I have often said that we, as a nation, have many obligations,” he said. “But we have only one truly sacred commitment: to properly prepare and equip those we send to dangerous places, and to care for you and your families while you are there and when you return home.” Just because you all do what you have to do there, Americans across the country can spend today with their loved ones. ”
The first lady mentioned their late son Bo, who served in Iraq, as well as his father, who served in the Pacific during World War II.
“I am sorry that you have to be far away. We know what it’s like for your families to have an empty seat at the table, as we did, ”she said.
The President and the First Lady answered the questions of the participants of the video chat, and then also took part in a virtual Christmas service.
