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Pete Souza

...the photograph of Obama speaking to West Point cadets before, as he's announcing hi...
...And he decided to make the speech at West Point . Here are these cadets who just, in ...

Robert McDonald

...graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point , and he served for five years...
...in sixth grade when I first applied to West Point . I had always led a life where ...
...I could make a difference by going to West Point . So I applied in sixth grade. I...
...score and use that for your entrance to West Point if you make it.” That congressman wa...
...and not discouraging them. I went to West Point in 1971, after graduating from hig...

...while I studied thermodynamics at West Point , I really don't want to spend my lif...
...Ric Shinseki, Secretary Ric Shinseki— West Point graduate, incredibly outstandin...
...at the time. When I graduated from West Point in 1975, there were two millio...
...of Strategic Partnerships, run by a West Point graduate named Matt Collier. We had a...
...and my theory that I learned at West Point , my theory on the VA, is you run t...
...“Well, yes, boxing is mandatory at West Point your plebe year, and then I was on th...
...“Oh, I played rugby for four years at West Point . I was on our intercollegiate rugb...
...speak highly enough about—Sloan is my West Point classmate. We were best friends befor...
...and Prevention] ; Marty Dempsey, West Point class of '74, who was chairman of th...
...went to the Naval Academy and I went to West Point , I still liked him, and we had a goo...
...of Strategic Partnerships led by a West Point graduate named Matt Collier, class o...
...I lived in Asia. Tom's father was a West Point graduate. Then Tom hired a bunch o...
...It's the leadership I learned at West Point . It's the leadership I learned a...
...love military history. You can't go to West Point and not love military history. ...
...I discovered Scott had never been to West Point . I had not yet done my first publi...
...segment on the VA, and we'll do it at West Point . At least part of it will be at Wes...
...Point. At least part of it will be at West Point . And I'll show you around.” But m...
...us run the agency. Anyway, we went to West Point , and we did this interview with Scott...
...that caused Tom Allin—the son of a West Point graduate who is now buried in the Wes...
...Point graduate who is now buried in the West Point cemetery—caused Tom Allin to contac...
...I've mentioned Matt Collier. He came— West Point graduate. He heard about what we wer...
...which is a language I learned at West Point in 1971. We had to improve our systems...
...Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at West Point . It's called in extremis leadership...
...project, as well. [INTERRUPTION] At West Point , we're trained—“Duty, Honor, Country...

Valerie Jarrett

...with me is the woman who ran ethics at West Point saying, “I'm teaching these youn...
...Then another woman ran ethics at West Point . She said, “I'm teaching our youn...
...right?” I remember going with him to West Point , where he announced a surge i...
...this news. Then he went back again to West Point near the end, and I think the numbe...

Tina Tchen

...in the Air Force. She graduated from West Point , right? No, Air Force Academy. She'...

United States Military Academy - Obama Presidency Oral History

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