Remarks by Walmart President and CEO Mike Duke Introducing First Lady Michelle Obama at the Business Roundtable

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BENTONVILLE, Ark., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Walmart President and CEO
Mike Duke will introduce First Lady Michelle Obama at the Business Roundtable
and deliver the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, today, March 13th
at approximately 11:40 am EST:

"We are pleased to be joined by our guest today, First Lady Michelle Obama.
Mrs. Obama speaks movingly about the service, strength, and sacrifice of our
current generation of troops, veterans, and military families. It is a personal
privilege to share some of her work and to start our discussion around creating
opportunity for this new group of heroes.

"This is a critical moment for America's veterans. More and more of them are
coming home in the coming years, and finding work in the civilian world has its
share of challenges. Walmart has stores in America's small towns, big cities,
suburbs and rural areas, and we see in these communities the difficulties
veterans face.

"Walmart recognized we could make a difference, and we knew from experience that
hiring a veteran is one of the best business decisions you can make. Veterans
are strong leaders, team players, highly trained, and committed to service. So
beginning this Memorial Day, Walmart will hire any honorably discharged veteran
who wants a job with us in his or her first 12 months off active duty. We
project that we will hire 100,000 veterans in the next five years.

"Many of you in this room already have fantastic initiatives underway, and we
hope our commitment can be a catalyst toward even greater action. We are so
fortunate to have a leader to bring us all together in First Lady Michelle
Obama.

"Mrs. Obama and Dr. Jill Biden have created 'Joining Forces' to ensure our
service members and their families have the opportunities they have earned.
They believe strongly that our veterans give us a land of freedom, and we owe
them a land of opportunity. Just listen to what they have accomplished through
Joining Forces:

* More than 2,100 companies have committed to hire or train more veterans and
military spouses in the next five years;
* 17 states are speeding up professional certifications for military spouses
whose families are transferred;
* Hundreds of medical and nursing schools have committed to train the next
generation of doctors and nurses in dealing with PTSD and traumatic brain
injuries; and
* Americans have honored veterans by volunteering more than 22 million hours of
service.

"The First Lady is asking everyone to step up: business, civil society,
government and nonprofits. And I can tell you she is a tremendous partner.
Walmart is working alongside her 'Let's Move' initiative to make the food we
sell healthier and our healthier foods more affordable, and we were honored to
host her recently in a store in Springfield, Missouri. Her leadership will
take this effort to a whole new level.

"Last week, Mrs. Obama's office held a meeting at the White House with more than
40 companies. We were proud to work with her team, and I know many of you took
part. The First Lady is bringing the resources of the Departments of Defense,
Labor, and Veterans Affairs and the entire federal government into this
partnership to make hiring veterans as efficient and effective as possible.

"Because of her leadership and all of your leadership - we can move forward not
just as individual companies but as a united business community. We can offer
veterans a wider range of opportunities across different industries and
occupations. And we can act with the urgency this cause demands.

"We can do more. We must do more. And there's no one better to speak to us about
how we can help than our First Lady. Ladies and gentlemen, the First Lady of
the United States, Michelle Obama."

About Walmart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save money and
live better - anytime and anywhere - in retail stores, online, and through their
mobile devices. Each week, more than 200 million customers and members visit
our more than 10,500 stores under 69 banners in 27 countries and e-commerce
websites in 10 countries. With fiscal year 2013 sales of approximately $466
billion, Walmart employs more than 2.2 million associates worldwide. Walmart
continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and
employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be found by
visiting http://corporate.walmart.com, on Facebook at
http://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/walmartnewsroom. Online merchandise sales are available at
http://www.walmart.com and http://www.samsclub.com.

SOURCE Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Brooke Buchanan, 1-800-331-0085, www.walmartstores.com/reporter