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Roughly 475 Minot High School graduates were granted diplomas on a soggy Sunday afternoon in the company of their friends, family, and teachers.

Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year commencement address to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Sunday defended the Obama administration's plans to wind down the more than decade-long war in Afghanistan, saying the U.S. is on "the right track." For the first time, gay students at the nation's major military academies have been able to openly participate in major school events, now that "don't ask, don't tell" ... (more)

Gay students at America's military service academies are wrapping up the first year when they no longer had to hide their sexual orientation, benefiting from the end of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that used to bar them from seemingly ordinary activities like taking their partners openly to graduation events.

Mark Williford Jr., a Kingman Academy of Learning High School senior who was featured in the Miner's graduation insert Friday, was recently accepted to both the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy.

President Obama leads Mitt Romney by 6 percentage points in a poll of Wisconsin voters done by WPR/St. Norbert College.

Afghanistan War , Barack Obama , Hudson River , Iraq War , Joe Biden , NATO , Osama Bin Laden , U.S. Air Force Academy , U.S. Military Academy , West Point The U.S. Military Academy will commission about 1,000 Army second lieutenants in a ceremony Saturday morning at West Point's football stadium.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Ed Lynch, managing editor/news, at 529-4758. >> Linda Lam of Honolulu was pictured celebrating her graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Page A5 on Thursday.

The Zephyrhills High seniors, both 18, have family members who have served in the armed forces.

Speaking to the graduating cadets at the United States Air Force Academy this week, President Obama took several not-so-veiled swipes at his predecessor, George W. Bush: Four years ago, you arrived here at a time of great challenge for our nation Al Qaeda, which had attacked us on 9/11, was entrenched in their safe-havens. Many of our alliances ... (more)

On Wednesday, Rome City resident Dorothy Chapman watched her great grandson on national TV receive personal congratulations from President Barack Obama during the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony at Colorado Springs, Colo.

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If you are over a certain age, you probably remember The Amazing Kreskin. He was the affable, animated "mentalist" who performed entertaining feats on the Tonight Show during that program's Johnny Carson heyday.

Defense consultant, 2008-present, U.S. House of Representatives, 1998-2008; secretary of state Children, Youth and Families 1995-98; owner of Keystone International business consulting firm, 1991-1995; Director for European Defense Policy and Arms Control, National Security Council staff, 1989-91; former U.S. Air Force captain.

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Barack Obama salutes as he greets graduates of US Air Force class 2012 during their graduation ceremony at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on May 23, 2012.

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Remarks for President Barack Obama - As Prepared for Delivery Air Force Academy Commencement Colorado Springs, Colorado Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Good morning! It is wonderful to be at the United States Air Force Academy.

Eight months after a repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, the U.S. Air Force Academy Wednesday graduated its first group of openly gay cadets.