An “excited” Jill Biden took it upon herself to announce Monday night the Pentagon is committing more than $500 million annually for research into women’s health.the soon-to-depart first lady revealed the yearly investment of U.S. taxpayer dollars at an elite Clinton Global Initiative talk alongside Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, in New York City.
A statement from the Department of Defense confirmed the half-billion-dollar investment for women’s health research will primarily come through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, a Department of Defense program that receives funding for specific biomedical research. Biden said the research will improve the health of women in the military service, “which then transcends to all women.”The women’s health announcement came moments before the organization bestowed President Joe Biden with the 2024 Clinton Global Citizen Award, as Breitbart News