Nicole Malachowski

So I was working as the director of the White House's Joining Forces Initiative, directly advising then First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden on all issues. Everything related to service members, veterans and military families, you know, education, spouse, employment, veterans, homelessness, literally the entire gamut, you know, I don't see joining forces in the current administration.

So I was working as the director of the White House's Joining Forces Initiative, directly advising then First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden on all issues. Everything related to service members, veterans and military families, you know, education, spouse, employment, veterans, homelessness, literally the entire gamut, you know, I don't see joining forces in the current administration.

It would have been nice to have them continue with that initiative. I mean, I don't know that many people can throw spears at what the joining forces mission and purpose was. But during that time when I was in the White House, I mean, service members, veterans, the military were on the docket to talk about every single day.

It would have been nice to have them continue with that initiative. I mean, I don't know that many people can throw spears at what the joining forces mission and purpose was. But during that time when I was in the White House, I mean, service members, veterans, the military were on the docket to talk about every single day.

It would have been nice to have them continue with that initiative. I mean, I don't know that many people can throw spears at what the joining forces mission and purpose was. But during that time when I was in the White House, I mean, service members, veterans, the military were on the docket to talk about every single day.

There wasn't a day that went by that the first lady, then Michelle Obama, wasn't asking and inquiring what needs to be done. Where are the challenges? Where can we take away bottlenecks? Where can we put the power and the prestige of the White House behind to influence good behavior in the veteran hiring space? I mean, it happened every single day.

There wasn't a day that went by that the first lady, then Michelle Obama, wasn't asking and inquiring what needs to be done. Where are the challenges? Where can we take away bottlenecks? Where can we put the power and the prestige of the White House behind to influence good behavior in the veteran hiring space? I mean, it happened every single day.

There wasn't a day that went by that the first lady, then Michelle Obama, wasn't asking and inquiring what needs to be done. Where are the challenges? Where can we take away bottlenecks? Where can we put the power and the prestige of the White House behind to influence good behavior in the veteran hiring space? I mean, it happened every single day.

The only thing I hear coming out of the White House nowadays is we're removing people's stories. I mean, it was to the point that there was a friend of mine outside of Phoenix, Arizona. They were having their annual veterans kind of event, honoring women veterans. And they asked the local base, as they had done for decades. And keep in mind, local electric officials were there. This was the mayor.

The only thing I hear coming out of the White House nowadays is we're removing people's stories. I mean, it was to the point that there was a friend of mine outside of Phoenix, Arizona. They were having their annual veterans kind of event, honoring women veterans. And they asked the local base, as they had done for decades. And keep in mind, local electric officials were there. This was the mayor.

The only thing I hear coming out of the White House nowadays is we're removing people's stories. I mean, it was to the point that there was a friend of mine outside of Phoenix, Arizona. They were having their annual veterans kind of event, honoring women veterans. And they asked the local base, as they had done for decades. And keep in mind, local electric officials were there. This was the mayor.

This was the full thing. They'd been doing this for decades. They wrote to the local base and said, hey, can you please send out, as you always do, you know, your national anthem singer. We would love to have a military person in uniform sing the national anthem, as we do through public affairs. They were turned down and told, we're really sorry. We know we've done this for decades.

This was the full thing. They'd been doing this for decades. They wrote to the local base and said, hey, can you please send out, as you always do, you know, your national anthem singer. We would love to have a military person in uniform sing the national anthem, as we do through public affairs. They were turned down and told, we're really sorry. We know we've done this for decades.

This was the full thing. They'd been doing this for decades. They wrote to the local base and said, hey, can you please send out, as you always do, you know, your national anthem singer. We would love to have a military person in uniform sing the national anthem, as we do through public affairs. They were turned down and told, we're really sorry. We know we've done this for decades.

We can no longer do it because your event says women veterans and we're not allowed to do that due to the new DEI. I mean, that happened.

We can no longer do it because your event says women veterans and we're not allowed to do that due to the new DEI. I mean, that happened.

We can no longer do it because your event says women veterans and we're not allowed to do that due to the new DEI. I mean, that happened.

I mean, and that impacts recruitment and retention. If people look at the VA and go, we're not going to get what was promised to us when we rose, you know, raised our hand to the Constitution. You know, that was a compact between us and the American people.

I mean, and that impacts recruitment and retention. If people look at the VA and go, we're not going to get what was promised to us when we rose, you know, raised our hand to the Constitution. You know, that was a compact between us and the American people.

I mean, and that impacts recruitment and retention. If people look at the VA and go, we're not going to get what was promised to us when we rose, you know, raised our hand to the Constitution. You know, that was a compact between us and the American people.