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Obama at West Point: 'Long Hard Road Awaits You' But U.S. Won't Go It Alone
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyPresident Barack Obama told graduating cadets at West Point Saturday the U.S. would fight on in its campaign to "disrupt, dismantle and to defeat" the terrorist network, but he said the country would go forward as "part of an international effort that is necessary and just." The president's emphasis on shaping an "international order" with old and new allies -- and his rejection of preemptive war -- sounded like a preview of a new national security strategy, which he is expected to announce next week. He warned the newly-minted second lieutenants, many of them headed to the battlefront and ...
Women in Uniform: Eight Who Fell, and One Who Steps Forward
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyIt started with a picture -- 2nd. Lt. Emily J.T. Perez. In her United States Military Academy photograph, she holds her feathered hat, grips her sword and smiles.Perez had a lot to smile about. She was the first minority female command sergeant in West Point history. And she was the first combat death from the class of 2005, also known as the class of 9/11. In 2006, a roadside bomb south of Baghdad killed her. ...
Caleb Campbell Situation a Result of Service Academy Politics?
By Stephanie Stradley - AOL NewsSports talk and message boards have been abuzz about the Army reversing their decision to let West Point graduate, Caleb Campbell play safety for the Detroit Lions. The Detroit News "Behind the Scenes" columnists contend that it was pressure from the service academies that caused this change: The feeling at the United States Military Academy in West Point is that higherups and other branches of the service -- the Navy, in particular -- were jealous of the favorable publicity Campbell has generated for the Army since the Lions drafted him on the seventh round in April.... Campbell, who ...
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