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indicated that military families wanted the program to continue when a new administration came into office in
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When Jill Biden came back to the White House in
January 2021, this time as First Lady, the Joining Forces program was restarted. In April 2021, Biden said, "Just one percent of our country has shouldered the burden of twenty years of war. No one has more strength and grit and resilience than our
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military families but you can't do this alone, we have to help you carry the weight." The hope was that the initiative would become a permanent entity within the White House, regardless of the administration in office.
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