The commander in chief is saluting the troops on this veteran's day President Biden is remembering one veteran in particular I can still remember the pride we felt seeing our son major Beau Biden in his uniform And the worry we felt while he was deployed for a year President Biden's son Beau died of brain cancer in 2015 several years after he was exposed to a burn pit during military service in Iraq Our veterans are very spine of America We owe them We owe their families and the survivors We only knew everything This is the first Veterans Day since President Biden signed legislation expanding healthcare for service members who were exposed to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan or to chemicals that were used in previous conflicts I'm Rita foley