Jill Biden Announces a New Agreement that Will Help Military Spouses Maintain Their Careers

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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden oversees a signing ceremony this week of an agreement within the Department of Defense and the State Department to ease approvals of remote work for spouses of military service members who are federal employees. (Photo: @flotus Instagram)

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden is the wife of an elected government employee, the president, so she understands what it is like to have to pick up and move for a spouse’s job. As part of her Joining Forces initiative to support military families and veterans, Biden said on Wednesday in a White House ceremony that allowing military spouses to continue in their federal jobs from overseas “isn’t just a moral obligation, it’s a national security imperative.”

From the East Room, the first lady was joined by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma, who signed a permanent memorandum of agreement between their departments to ease approvals of remote work under the Domestic Employees Teleworking O…