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Watch Live: Obama Gives Major Foreign Policy Speech at West Point Graduation
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President Obama will give the commencement address at West Point at Wednesday, where he is widely expected to lay out his vision for America's role in the world.
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Here are the most impactful quotes from Obama's address (which we'll keep updating):
This is the first class to graduate since 9/11 who may not be sent into combat in Iraq or Afghanistan
"It is a particularly useful time for America to reflect on those who have sacrificed so much for our freedom – for you are the first class to graduate since 9/11 who may not be sent into combat in Iraq or Afghanistan," the president said. He last spoke at West Point in 2009, when we had more than 100,000 troops in Iraq and preparing a surge in Afghanistan. Now, the troops are out of Iraq, the war in Afghanistan is winding down, "Al Qaeda’s leadership in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been decimated, and Osama bin Laden is no more," the president said. Read more...
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