Cadets left with 'a real clarity about our mission'

[bruno]

Interesting article in the Washington Post on reactions at USMA after President's speech the other night

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/05/AR2009120503234.html?hpid=topnews

"Only after the speech ended and the country turned away did the West Point cadets offer interpretations of their own: Here was a plan laid out by their commander in chief, and it was their job to follow it. But their emotions ranged from elation to concern, and Obama's decision to deploy an additional 30,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan has consumed their thoughts and dominated their conversations in the days since the speech."

 

[proudmama]

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