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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>Ohio Members and Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Today in Ohio, the Ohio Membership Committee, ask that you join us in recognizing Veterans Day.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As we honor our Ohio Veterans, please take a moment to express your sincere gratitude for their bravery, commitment and dedication of the incredible sacrifice and service they made for our nation by protecting and defending.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We honor you! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>S<span style='color:black'>pecialist Richard Nevling United States Army<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>J</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>ose Centeno, Gunnery Sargent (E7) U.S. Marine Core </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Chad Thomas, a Boatswains Mate in The United States Navy, and a Civil Engineer in The United States Air Force<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Robert Pierce, Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Mickie Cooper, Navy Yeoman, Second Class Petty Officer, a YN2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Harold Jefferson, U.S Army Security Agency, Specialist 5th Class <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Ken Maher, United States Navy, Officer <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Alex French, US Air Force, Officer <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>And those who served, we have not identified. We thank you as well! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Also, thank you to the families who supported their Veteran while serving.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Here is the United States President’s 202 Veteran’s Day Proclamation:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> This Veterans Day, we honor the generations of women and men who have served and sacrificed — not for a person, a place, or a President — but for<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>an idea unlike any other: the idea of the United States of America. For nearly 250 years, our veterans have defended the values that make us strong so<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>that our Nation could stand as a citadel of liberty, a beacon of freedom, and a wellspring of possibilities. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Today, I am thinking of all our Nation’s veterans, who put their lives on the line to protect our democracy, values, and freedom around the world. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We honor our wounded warriors, so many of whom the First Lady and I have met over the years, who are bound by a common sense of duty, courage, and optimism,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and we remember those who are still missing in action or prisoners of war and renew my pledge to bring them home. Our military families, caregivers, and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>survivors also answer the call to serve. I remember so clearly the pride I felt in our son Beau during his service in Iraq as well as those mornings I<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>saw the First Lady saying a prayer for his safe return. Our veterans and their families give so much to our Nation, and we owe them a debt we can never<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>fully repay.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> As a Nation, we have many obligations, but we only have one truly sacred obligation: to prepare and equip the brave women and men we send into harm’s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>way and to care for them and their loved ones when they return home. Since the beginning of my Administration, we have worked to make good on that promise,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>passing nearly 30 bipartisan laws to support our veterans and service members and their families, caregivers, and survivors. That includes the PACT Act<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>— the most significant effort in our Nation’s history to help millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service. Since I<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>signed the PACT Act into law last year, more than 478,000 veterans and survivors are already receiving benefits — ensuring that veterans exposed to burn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>pits and other harmful substances and their loved ones get access to the care and support they need. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> My Administration is also committed to ending veteran suicide and homelessness and ensuring that our veterans have the resources they need to live<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>full lives and thrive in their communities. We released a national strategy to reduce military and veteran suicide by improving lethal means safety and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>enhancing crisis care as well as by addressing the economic, legal, and mental health issues that impact veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>is also funding community-led suicide prevention programs, which help connect veterans and their families to needed services. Every veteran deserves a<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>roof over their head, which is why we have taken bold actions to end veteran homelessness, permanently housing more than 40,000 veterans last year and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>investing $1 billion to provide supportive services to help homeless and at-risk veterans and their families. My Budget also proposes tripling the number<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of rental-assistance vouchers for extremely low-income veterans to prevent homelessness. Further, we have taken steps to improve the economic security<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of veterans and their families by expanding job training programs for transitioning veterans and their spouses and issuing rules to protect them from predatory<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>educational institutions. We are also working to ensure every veteran has access to the benefits and services they have earned.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Earlier this year, I signed an Executive Order directing more than 50 actions to improve access to child care and long-term care for Americans, including<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>military and veteran families, and to support family caregivers, especially those who care for our veterans. Recognizing the talents and contributions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of veteran and military spouses, caregivers, and survivors to our workforce, I signed an Executive Order establishing the most comprehensive set of administrative<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>actions in our Nation’s history to support their economic security — increasing training and employment opportunities for military spouses in the workforce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>throughout the transition to veteran spouses status and encouraging all Federal agencies to do more to retain military and veteran spouses through flexible<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>policies. The First Lady’s Joining Forces initiative is further supporting military and veteran families, caregivers, and survivors by improving economic<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>opportunities and expanding resources to promote health and well-being for this community.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> As we mark the 50th anniversary of an all-volunteer force and the 75th anniversary of the full integration of women in the Armed Forces and the desegregation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of the troops, my Administration reaffirms our commitment to supporting everyone who serves in our Armed Forces. We have taken steps to ensure that the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>more than 918,000 women veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care have equitable access to benefits and health services, in part<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>by expanding access to reproductive health care. We have worked to proactively review the military records of veterans discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tell” and to modernize the process of upgrading discharges to help all veterans access their earned benefits. We will continue to support our LGBTQI+<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>veterans and veterans of color who have made innumerable contributions to our Nation and have truly made our military stronger, tougher, and more capable.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> This Veterans Day, may we honor the incredible faith that our veterans hold, not just in our country but in all of us. They are the solid-steel backbone<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of our Nation, and we must endeavor to continue being worthy of their sacrifices by working toward a more perfect Union and protecting the freedoms that<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>they have fought to defend.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> In respect and recognition of the contributions our veterans and their families, caregivers, and survivors have made to the cause of peace and freedom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>around the world, the Congress has provided (5 U.S.C. 6103(a)) that November 11 of each year shall be set aside as a legal public holiday to honor our<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nation’s veterans.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim November 11, 2023, as Veterans Day. I encourage<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>all Americans to recognize the valor, courage, and sacrifice of these patriots through appropriate ceremonies and private prayers and by observing two<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>minutes of silence for our Nation’s veterans. I also call upon Federal, State, and local officials to display the flag of the United States of America<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and to participate in patriotic activities in their communities.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>