President Biden is visiting a Delaware National Guard location named for his late son, Beau.
At the Delaware National Guard facility named for his late son, a somber President Biden on Friday urged veterans to take advantage of new health care opportunities under legislation he signed in August.
TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden speaks with Ray Firmani, a 101-year-old World War II veteran, during a town hall with veterans and veteran survivors in New Castle, Delaware, on December 16, 2022."There's no generation in American history more than this past generation that have been deployed more, that have given more than the generation represented by the people we're gonna be looking at and honoring today," the president said of veterans who served in the Middle East.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis Richard McDonough on Friday said they will"not rest until every single veteran and survivor knows about this new law, understand what it means for them, and get the care and benefits they earned." "This is personal to them, and it's personal to all of us," Mr. Biden said Friday."It's not unique to me and my family.", the president pledged to"find out everything we can" and to protect veterans suffering diseases linked to their service. by Congress after years of advocacy by veterans. Before the law, about three-quarters of disability claims involving burn pit exposure were denied by the government.
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