President Obama praised his wife, Michelle, and Dr. Jill Biden on Saturday for successfully streamlining a previously complicated process military spouses had had to go through to transfer their professional licenses to other states.

The Independence Day version of the weekly address celebrated the sacrifices of military members and their families as well as reforms in all 50 states to simplify the transfer process many spouses must go through when relocating to a new base or location.

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