Our Call to the New Administration: Put Military Families First
President Joseph Biden and Dr. Jill Biden hold their hands over their hearts for the Pledge of Allegiance during the 59th Presidential Inauguration in Washington D.C., Jan. 20, 2021. (Kevin Tanenbaum/DoD)
27 Jan 2021
Ashish Vazirani is executive director and CEO of the National Military Family Association.
As an organization that has stood behind military families for more than 50 years, the National Military Family Association, or NMFA, knows that the challenges they face aren t getting any easier.
The issues military families experience have been exacerbated by 20 years of continuous war and now the pandemic. And there s no escape: Families across the services active-duty and reserve components, all branches, ranks and grades need the Biden administration s support so they can continue to support their service members.
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By extolling freedom of religion in the schools, President Bill Clinton has raised the level of debate on the importance of religion to American life.[2] The time is ripe for a deeper dialogue on the contribution of religion to the welfare of the nation.
America has always been a religious country. Its first Christian inhabitants were only too anxious to explain what they were doing and why, explains historian Paul Johnson. In a way the first American settlers were like the ancient Israelites. They saw themselves as active agents of divine providence. [3] Today, he adds, it is generally accepted that more than half the American people still attend a place of worship over a weekend, an index of religious practice unequaled anywhere in the world, certainly in a great and populous nation. [4]