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U.S.
President
Joe
Biden
serves
food to
service
members
and
their
families
during a
"Friendsgiving"
event
ahead of
the
Thanksgiving
holiday
at Naval
Station
Norfolk
in
Norfolk,
Virginia,
U.S.,
November
19,
2023.
REUTERS/Julia
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Bidens
serve
meals to
military
families
at
'Friendsgiving'
event in
Norfolk
By Steve
Holland
reuters.com
NAVAL
STATION
NORFOLK,
Virginia,
Nov 19
(Reuters)
- U.S.
President
Joe
Biden
and
first
lady
Jill
Biden
donned
aprons
and
served
Thanksgiving
dinners
to
military
personnel
and
their
families
on
Sunday
at an
early
holiday
meal
dubbed
"Friendsgiving."
The
event
took
place in
a
flag-bedecked
hangar
at Naval
Station
Norfolk
in
Norfolk,
Virginia.
The
Bidens
participation
in the
gathering
for
friends
known as
"Friendsgiving"
kicked
off the
week
ahead of
the U.S.
Thanksgiving
Day
holiday
on
Thursday.
Biden
served
up
portions
of
mashed
potatoes
and Jill
Biden
spooned
out
sweet
potato
casserole
as the
diners
passed
in front
of them.
The
Friendsgiving
event
included
service
members
and
military
families
associated
with the
Dwight
D.
Eisenhower
and the
Gerald
R. Ford
aircraft
carriers.
Both
vessels
are
deployed
in the
eastern
Mediterranean
in
response
to
tensions
from the
Israel-Hamas
conflict.
[1/5]U.S.
President
Joe
Biden
serves
food to
service
members
and
their
families
during a
"Friendsgiving"
event
ahead of
the
Thanksgiving
holiday
at Naval
Station
Norfolk
in
Norfolk,
Virginia,
U.S.,
November
19,
2023.
REUTERS/Julia
Nikhinson
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"You
literally
are the
spine,
the
sinew,
the
backbone
of this
operation,"
Biden
said. Of
the
family
members
of those
deployed
abroad,
he
added:
"You
family
members
are the
heart of
this
operation."
Biden
will
conduct
the
traditional
pardoning
of the
National
Thanksgiving
Turkey
on
Monday,
and then
leave on
Tuesday
for the
Atlantic
island
of
Nantucket
to spend
the
Thursday
holiday
there
with his
family.
He
celebrates
his 81st
birthday
on
Monday.
While in
Norfolk,
the
Bidens
kicked
off an
advance
screening
with
service
members
and
their
families
of
“Wonka,”
a new
musical
fantasy
film
focusing
on a
young
Willy
Wonka.
The
Norfolk
event
was part
of the
White
House’s
Joining
Forces
Initiative,
co-hosted
by the
United
Service
Organizations
(USO)
and
Robert
Irvine
Foundation.
Reporting
by Steve
Holland;
Editing
by
Franklin
Paul and
Diane
Craft
Our
Standards:
The
Thomson
Reuters
Trust
Principles.
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