“We have only one truly sacred obligation: to prepare those we send into harm’s way and care for them and their families when they come home and when they don’t," Biden said. service members on and off the battlefield. We see it in every base, every barrack, every vessel around the globe where our military proudly serves and stands as a force for good in the world.”ĭuring the Arlington ceremony, Biden also spoke of the need to care for U.S. “We see it in the troops still standing sentinel on the Korean Peninsula, preserving the peace side by side with allies. “We see the strength of our NATO alliance built from the bonds that were forged in the fires of two World Wars,” Biden said. troops deployed around the world today, saying the impact of the fallen men and women “goes far beyond those silent stones” of the solemn burial ground. troops to enter the conflict, Biden has maintained that he sees the Russian effort to grab territory as an affront to international norms and has vowed to help Kyiv win, sending artillery, tanks and drones and recently agreeing to allow allies to train Ukrainian military on American F-16 jets.īiden connected the sacrifices of some 400,000 Americans buried at Arlington to the work of U.S. While making clear that he has no desire for U.S. now finds itself leading a coalition of allies pouring tens of billions of dollars in military and economic aid into Ukraine as it tries to repel the Russian invasion, which appears to have no end in sight. The Biden administration last month released a review of the last days of the war, largely blaming his Republican predecessor, President Donald Trump, and asserting that Biden was "severely constrained" by Trump's decisions. The war in Afghanistan, however, ended in chaotic and deadly fashion on Biden's watch in August 2021 with critics assailing the administration's handling of the evacuation of some 120,000 American citizens, Afghans and others as poorly planned and badly executed.
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