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Class valedictorian Jesse Burnette, a history major from Marion, N.C., addresses the audience and his fellow graduates during the Virginia Military Institute graduation ceremony in Lexington, Va., May 16, 2008. Burnette was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and assigned to the infantry.

Class valedictorian Jesse Burnette, a history major from Marion, N.C., addresses the audience and his fellow graduates during the Virginia Military Institute graduation ceremony in Lexington, Va., May 16, 2008. Burnette was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and assigned to the infantry.

Class valedictorian Jesse Burnette, a history major from Marion, N.C., addresses the audience and his fellow graduates during the Virginia Military Institute graduation ceremony in Lexington, Va., May 16, 2008. Burnette was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and assigned to the infantry.

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