Don is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned his Ph.

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And of course, I want to say thank you for inviting me here to the United States Military Academy.

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Just 10 years from the time she left Vietnam, she will graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

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So, alongside everything else you have learned and experienced here at the United States Military Academy, the calculus and Shakespeare, the intramurals and leadership training, I ask you to remember that family has always been a centerpiece of our American story.

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