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A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy is all smiles as she celebrates receiving her diploma from Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) during the graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md., on May 25, 2007. The Academy graduated 1,028 this year, including 862 men and 166 women, in the 157th traditional ceremony.

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy is all smiles.

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy is all smiles as she celebrates receiving her diploma from Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) during the graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md., on May 25, 2007. The Academy graduated 1,028 this year, including 862 men and 166 women, in the 157th traditional ceremony.

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