Former Arkansas first lady Janet Huckabee attended today’s Veterans Day ceremony at the state Capitol. She said she is working hard to make sure the needs of military men and women returning home from deployment, as well as aging veterans with health concerns, are met.

Gov. Mike Beebe recently named Huckabee, who works for the Red Cross, to the Arkansas Yellow Ribbon Task Force, which is working to help veterans across the state.

“We have almost 3,200 soldiers fixing to come back from Iraq and Afghanistan,” she said. “That’s what we’re getting ready for, is their return.”

She said her husband, former governor and Republican presidential nominee Mike Huckabee, is traveling a lot, promoting a book and doing a weekly cable news show.