Jill Biden and Lloyd Austin visit an Alabama base to tout expanded military benefits

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have gone to Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama to highlight programs that the administration is rolling out to improve service members’ quality of life as well as early childhood education in the military. Biden and Austin on Friday visited a pre-kindergarten program that the first lady has championed. It funds universal preschool, and she calls it part of the blueprint for making high-quality preschool available to all 3- and 4-year-olds. Austin says the Pentagon is looking at new ways to give service members more support to address higher prices for goods and housing.