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President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign the bill boosting health and disability benefits for veterans into law on Wednesday.

Only six other private citizens have received the honor: civil rights icon Rosa Parks, the Rev. Billy Graham and four Capitol police officers.

The measure will extend health care and disability benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

The White House said in a statement that it supports the House bill and stressed that no ongoing military activities are reliant upon the 2002 authorization.

The White House said it supports the legislation and stressed that no ongoing military activities are reliant upon the 2002 authorization.

Lawmakers from both parties have decried the fencing as unsightly and beyond what is necessary, but security fears remain high.

White House officials described the veterans as “choosing nation over self" by joining Trump.

President Donald Trump traveled Monday to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to pay respects to two U.S. soldiers killed Saturday in Afghanistan when a soldier dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire with a machine gun.

The spending affected by the latest ruling is intended for 11 projects in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other members of the national security team briefed President Donald Trump on Friday on the state of peace negotiations in Afghanistan, with Pompeo saying afterward that “led by the president, we are working diligently on the path forward.”

Trump, with images of an American flag and Roosevelt projected behind him, read to crowd: “Almighty God, our sons, pride of our nation, this day, have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion and our civilization and to set free a suffering humanity.”

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