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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta congratulates Midshipman Sam Tan Wei Shen, from Singapore, as he receives his diploma during the United States Naval Academy 2012 Graduation and Commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md., May 29, 2012. Shen is the first foreign student to earn the honor of top graduate in the academy's history.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta congratulates Midshipman Sam Tan Wei Shen, from Singapore, as he receives his diploma during the United States Naval Academy 2012 Graduation and Commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md., May 29, 2012. Shen is the first foreign student to earn the honor of top graduate in the academy's history.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta congratulates Midshipman Sam Tan Wei Shen, from Singapore, as he receives his diploma during the United States Naval Academy 2012 Graduation and Commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md., May 29, 2012. Shen is the first foreign student to earn the honor of top graduate in the academy's history.

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