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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers the commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., May 23, 2015. "We trust you to win our nation’s wars, to be leaders of character and competence and consequence," Dempsey told the graduates. "We trust you to leave our profession better than you found it."

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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers the commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., May 23, 2015. "We trust you to win our nation’s wars, to be leaders of character and competence and consequence," Dempsey told the graduates. "We trust you to leave our profession better than you found it."

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