“The issues facing working women and their families are closest to my heart. I decided to focus intently on the challenges military wives face because they juggle the same pressures as their nonmilitary peers, all while coping as single parents while their loved ones are overseas. I wanted to help make their voices heard.” HeartHelpingWantedFacesParentVoiceChallengesIssuesFocusWifeHeardMilitaryMy HeartDecidedPressureLoved OnesClosestPeersCopingSingle ParentWorking Women Author:Michelle Obama
“Anybody who was in the military or a military family has a certain sensitivity to the separation. Everyone knows military wives have the hardest jobs. I was born into one. When I think back to those days, I didn't appreciate it then.” ThinkingKnowsJobsCertainBornWifeMilitaryAppreciateSeparationHardestSensitivityHardest JobMilitary Family Author:Lester Holt
“I can tell you I also smoked cigars 10 years before, and the watch, which is a Patek Philippe - it was my former wife who bought it for me as a gift when I completed my military service. What is all of this about anyway? I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres.” FeelsYearsI CanWatchesWifeMilitaryFormerCigarMilitary ServiceSharonHedonistic Author:Ehud Barak
“Despite everything I've achieved in my life, the culinary awards, the military commendations, the honorary degrees, I have never, ever lost sight of what's truly important. The thing that gives meaning to these triumphs. Someone to share them with. A companion. A help mate. A wife.” LifeGivingImportantHelpingLostWifeShareMilitaryDegreesSightDespiteTriumphCulinaryCompanionAwardsMatesHonoraryCommendation Author:Andrew Schneider
“I can't tell you how many couples I know where the husband and the wife are both in the military and have deployed together, and they've got kids, and so I think times have changed and gender roles have blurred when it comes to the military.” ThinkingKnowsI CanKidsTogetherRolesWifeMilitaryChangedCoupleHusbandGenderGender RolesTimes Have Changed Author:Tanya Biank
“After 14 months of military service, I had a wife, a child, half an apartment, no car, and no job.” ChildrenJobsHalfWifeMilitaryCarMonthsApartmentMilitary Service Author:Charley Pride
“Let's not forget: This all began when you had eight- and nine-year-old children writing graffiti on walls. Their parents were told: "You will never see them again. If you want to have children, go to your wife and make new ones." [Bashar] Assad's people rebelled. He crushed them brutally. But his military could not protect him. So he asked the Iranians to come in and help.” PeopleIfsWantWritingYearsChildrenHelpingParentForgetWifeMilitaryWallProtectEightNineCrushedNine YearsGraffitiAssad Author:Adel al-Jubeir