Vice President Joe Biden Gives 2016 Commencement Speech at West Point

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Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the West Point Military Academy, in West Point, N.Y., on May 21, 2016. Mike Groll/AP Photo

The Long Gray Line of 950 soon-to-be second lieutenants marched in an easy cadence into Michie Stadium to accept diplomas on May 21 as the 2016 graduates of West Point Military Academy. Among them were the first seven women to be commissioned into combat divisions since combat restrictions for them were lifted.

Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr., superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy (L) gives diploma to cadet at commencement ceremonies at West Point on May 21, 2016. Courtesy West Point