{"id":63612,"date":"2021-01-24T17:10:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T17:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/24\/jill-biden-thanks-guard-members-with-chocolate-chip-cookies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:15:29","slug":"jill-biden-thanks-guard-members-with-chocolate-chip-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/01\/24\/jill-biden-thanks-guard-members-with-chocolate-chip-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden thanks Guard members with chocolate chip cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 New first lady Jill Biden took an unannounced detour to the U.S. Capitol on Friday to deliver baskets of chocolate chip cookies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/21\/26000-national-guard-troops-came-to-dc-to-protect-the-inauguration-now-the-drawdown-begins\/\" target=_blank>National Guard members<\/a>, thanking them \u201cfor keeping me and my family safe\u201d during President Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI just want to say thank you from President Biden and the whole, the entire Biden family,\u201d she told a group of Guard members at the Capitol. \u201cThe White House baked you some chocolate chip cookies,\u201d she said, before joking that she couldn\u2019t say she had baked them herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Biden was sworn into office on Wednesday, exactly two weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/15\/the-pentagon-is-investigating-its-response-to-the-deadly-capitol-riot\/\" target=_blank>Donald Trump supporters rioted at the Capitol <\/a>in a futile attempt to keep Congress from certifying Biden as the winner of November\u2019s presidential election. Extensive security measures were then taken for the inauguration, which went off without any major incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/22\/national-guard-troops-moved-to-a-cramped-parking-garage-complain-of-ingratitude-after-being-ordered-to-bug-out-of-capitol-building-they-came-to-protect\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GuardGarage3.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">National Guard troops kicked out of Senate are back in Capitol following outrage from lawmakers, public<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">National Guard troops complained of a lack of gratitude on the part of those they have left their jobs, homes and families to protect.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jill Biden told the group that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/01\/11\/former-vp-joe-biden-says-military-burn-pits-may-have-led-to-his-sons-death-from-cancer\/\" target=_blank>her late son, Beau<\/a>, was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2015\/11\/10\/delaware-national-guard-hq-to-be-named-for-beau-biden\/\" target=_blank>Delaware Army National Guard <\/a>member who spent a year deployed in Iraq in 2008-09. Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015 at the age of 46.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo I\u2019m a National Guard mom,\u201d she said, adding that the baskets were a \u201csmall thank you\u201d for leaving their home states and coming to the nation\u2019s capital. President Biden offered his thanks to the chief of the National Guard Bureau in a phone call Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI truly appreciate all that you do,\u201d the first lady said. \u201cThe National Guard will always hold a special place in the heart of all the Bidens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21022702728190.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"First lady Jill Biden surprises National Guard members outside the Capitol with chocolate chip cookies Jan. 22, 2021, in Washington.\" class=\"wp-image-99774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21022702728190.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21022702728190.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21022702728190.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21022702728190.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21022702728190.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First lady Jill Biden surprises National Guard members outside the Capitol with chocolate chip cookies Jan. 22, 2021, in Washington.\u00a0(Jacquelyn Martin\/Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jill Biden\u2019s unannounced troop visit came after her first public outing as first lady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She highlighted services for cancer patients at Whitman-Walker Health, a Washington institution with a history of serving HIV\/AIDS patients and the LGBTQ community. The clinic receives federal money to help provide primary care services in underserved areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff told the first lady that cancer screenings had fallen since last March because patients didn\u2019t want to come in because of the coronavirus pandemic. More and more patients are taking advantage of options to see a doctor online.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/22\/capitol-police-we-didnt-order-national-guard-troops-to-move-to-parking-garage\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Guard-Garage4.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Capitol Police: We didn\u2019t order National Guard troops to move to parking garage<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p 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