During her speech in the Oval Office, she referred to her husband, Pete Hegseth, by his first name before quickly correcting herself and calling him “Mr. Secretary.” The small slip prompted laughter in the room and created a lighthearted moment during the event."
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The President is signing an executive order to address long-standing issues facing military families. Jennifer Hagseth emphasizes that these generational challenges—including housing, healthcare, employment, childcare, and education—affect spouses globally. The initiative aims to provide critical support and systemic improvements for those who sacrifice alongside service members.
So now I'd like to ask Jennifer Hagseth to say a few words, followed by
Pete, General Kane, and then I will sign the executive order putting this into play.
And it's an order that's long overdue, as far as I'm concerned, like by decades.
And we're going to do a real job with it. And Jennifer, if you will, please.
Well, Mr. President, you have been a champion for the military,
and we are so grateful for that. And that continues today.
And like you said, these are generational issues that are long overdue to address.
And we have the most amazing women here who have decades of experience as military spouses
themselves to take a look at it. There's really nothing we're going to find that they haven't
experienced. And so between what they've experienced and what they know, we're going
to really tackle these things. And I've spent the last year traveling around, meeting with
military spouses and families around the world and around the country, and it's the same from
Kentucky to Singapore. It's housing, it's health care, it's employment, it's child care,
it's education. And so we're going to take a look at all of those things.
Even one of the women up here, I won't say who, but was a paramedic. And as they moved from state
to state, she could not get the license. Switch to that state in time before you move again,
before you PCS. And it makes it really difficult for these families to survive,
let alone all the other sacrifices we're asking for them. So this is a big deal today. We're
super grateful. Every time he travels around to the troops, he tells them the president has
your back and now the families know that you have their back too. And we are grateful. Thank you.
Thank you. Great job. Thank you.
