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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands now Army 2nd Lt. Nate Hedgecock his dioloma during the Class of 2011 graduation in Michie Stadium at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., May 21, 2011. Mullen addressed the 1,031 graduating cadets, telling them they should strive to be soldiers as well as statesmen.

WEST POINT DIPLOMA

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands now Army 2nd Lt. Nate Hedgecock his dioloma during the Class of 2011 graduation in Michie Stadium at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., May 21, 2011. Mullen addressed the 1,031 graduating cadets, telling them they should strive to be soldiers as well as statesmen.

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