WASHINGTON, May 3, 2013 – Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, told a gathering of military wives today that the deployment of her son Beau to Iraq in 2008 made her realize the sacrifices military families repeatedly endure, a hardship she said most Americans will never know.“I will never forget being at the deployment [ceremony] just trying to keep it together,” Biden said in remarks to the 35th Annual Joint Armed Forces Officers’ Wives’ Luncheon in Arlington, Va. “My children were there, and I wanted to stay strong.”
It was a hard year for the family, she said, coming just as her husband was about to take office as vice president and amid the cycles of deployments driven by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Her family experienced only one deployment, she said, unlike many of those in the audience, who have repeatedly sacrificed as husbands, sons, wives and daughters have served multiple tours.
“My son’s deployment gave me a window into your lives, but honestly I don’t know how you do it time and time again,” she told the group. read more>>>
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