Servicemember care tops nation's obligations, Biden says Published May 26, 2010 By Lisa Daniel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Caring for servicemembers is the nation's "one truly sacred obligation," Vice President Joe Biden said May 25 here during a dinner for wounded warriors. "We have one truly sacred obligation: to prepare and equip those in harm's way and to care for them when they come home," Mr. Biden said to about 50 wounded warriors and their families who gathered at the vice president's home. The servicemembers were from Mologne House, a residential facility for wounded warriors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington. Several bore the visible war wounds of amputations and blindness. "It seems an understatement to thank you for your service and sacrifice," Mr. Biden said. While his son, Beau, was deployed to Iraq last year with the Army National Guard, he said he could relate "just barely" to what military families endure. Speaking of the Obama administration's commitment to veterans, the vice president noted the money they've invested in the Department of Veterans Affairs. "We've put the taxpayers' money where our mouth is," he said. With the Navy Band's country-bluegrass group playing in the background, the Bidens went from table to table meeting with the warriors and their families. Food Network host Sunny Anderson, a former Air Force broadcaster, was the chef for the evening. She was accompanied by her uncle, Maj. Gen. Rodney Anderson, the Army's director of force management. Dr. Jill Biden, who recently visited Mologne House, and first lady Michelle Obama hosted a White House meeting May 25 with Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deborah, as well as Cliff Stanley, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, to discuss ways to build a lasting national commitment to support and engage military families.