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President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address to U.S. Naval Academy graduates and about 27,000 friends and family at the Class of 2009 graduation and commissioning ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Md., May 22, 2009.

President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address to U.S. Naval Academy graduates and about 27,000 friends and family at the Class of 2009 graduation and commissioning ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Md., May 22, 2009.

President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address to U.S. Naval Academy graduates and about 27,000 friends and family at the Class of 2009 graduation and commissioning ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Md., May 22, 2009.

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