Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2021 Remarks to United States
Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2021 Remarks to United States Servicemembers at Royal Air Force Mildenhall in Suffolk, United Kingdom June 9, 2021 Hello, Mildenhall! Colonel, thank you for that introduction and your service leading this team in such a difficult time. Because we know that it's the whole family who serves, I also want to thank Melissa. I know—I know your next assignment at U.S. Transportation Command starts soon. So congratulations, and thank you, thank you, thank you. And, Sydney, you're 14 years old. When I was 14, if you—please, at ease. [Laughter] I keep forgetting I'm President. [Laughter] When I was 14 years old, I would have been—I mean this sincerely—scared to death to stand up in front of a microphone, in a large crowd or small crowd. See, when I was a child, I used to stutter badly, for real. I had great difficulty speaking in front of other people. And so I expect that when you're President, you'll remember me. [Laughter] You'll remember me. You're, really, quite a polished young woman. Thank you. And you know, it's got to be hard to have your dad deployed in Afghanistan. And I also know how proud you are of him and your mom, Chief Master Sergeant, for being part of the leadership team here. Our son Beau served as a U.S. attorney for a while in Kosovo for a while. Matter of fact, they erected a war monument to him. And then, he went on, and he joined the National Guard.
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