The Department of Veterans Affairs is dropping a motto it adopted 64 years ago in favor of a new mission statement replacing language that critics argued marginalized female veterans and military families, leading to unequal treatment.

The new, more inclusive statement, to be announced Thursday by VA Secretary Denis McDonough, will be: “To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise to care for those who have served in our nation’s military and for their families, caregivers and survivors.”

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