 It's Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Michelle Martin. And I'm Layla Faldin. Good morning. President Biden is pardoning thousands of American veterans. Yes, the pardons affect LGBTQ plus veterans who had been criminally charged and removed from service because of their sexual orientation. In a statement, President Biden said he was, quote, writing an historic wrong by using my clemency authority to pardon many former service members who were convicted simply for being themselves, unquote.