First lady Jill Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin watch four and five-year-olds build with blocks at a military early childhood education program at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Tara Copp)
First lady Jill Biden, center, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, watch four and five-year-olds build with blocks at a military early childhood education program at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Tara Copp)
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his wife Charlene, arrive at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Tara Copp)
FILE - First lady Jill Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
First lady Jill Biden is greeted by Charlene Austin as she arrives at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and others look on, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Tara Copp)