At West Point, Obama offers new security strategy

Release Date 23 May, 2010 in Washington Post

 
   
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At West Point, Obama offers new security strategy

Washington Post - Michael D. Shear - 23 May, 2010
President Barack Obama told graduating cadets who soon will head to war that their country needs allies standing with the US in Afghanistan and around the world at a time when many countries are questioning their commitment to that fight. ...

Obama pledges more global cooperation

Boston Globe - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT, NY â€" President Obama yesterday pledged to shape a new “international order'' as part of a national security strategy that emphasizes his belief in global institutions and America's role in promoting Democratic values around the world. ...

Wish you were here: West Point

RocNow - 23 May, 2010
The US Military Academy at West Point is an unbelievably beautiful, historic and inspirational place, set on the Hudson River, 50 miles north of New York City. We were there for Acceptance Day, the stirring ceremony in which the new cadets are ...

Obama Tells West Point US Needs Help From Allies Overseas

BusinessWeek - Nicholas Johnston, William McQuillen - 23 May, 2010
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said the US needs international help to combat complex challenges such as the war in Afghanistan, as his administration prepares to unveil its formal national ...

After Obama visit, NY cadets say they're eager

The Associated Press - Michael Hill - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT, NY â€" Warned by President Barack Obama that they face a long, dangerous road, US Military Academy graduates said they were undaunted and ready to deploy. Obama told 1002 West Point graduates Saturday that he was humbled that many of them ...

President Obama speaks at West Point graduation

Times Herald-Record - Adam Bosch - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT â€" President Barack Obama told graduating cadets that their long, difficult mission in Afghanistan will end in victory because of the skills and leadership they developed at West Point. “Cadets, there will be difficult days ...

Obama Addresses West Point Grads

Voice of America - Kent Klein - 23 May, 2010
Photo: AP President Barack Obama says he is confident the United States will succeed in the war in Afghanistan, but that it needs the commitment of its allies to do so. The president spoke Saturday to graduating cadets at the US Military Academy, ...

Area Marine vet graduates from West Point

San Bernardino Sun - Joy Juedes - 23 May, 2010
Victor Hernandezgaytan saw President Barack Obama for the second time Saturday - this time, it was at the military cadet's commencement. "It's unreal to believe the president's coming to your backyard to give a speech," said Hernandezgaytan, ...

After Obama visit, NY cadets say they're eager

The Associated Press - Michael Hill - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT, NY â€" US Military Academy cadets say they're undaunted in their desire to serve their country, despite President Barack Obama's warning Saturday that they face a long, dangerous road. Obama told 1002 West Point graduates that he was humbled ...

Obama praises West Point cadets, lays out challenges

CNN - 23 May, 2010
By the CNN Wire Staff President Obama told West Point cadets that the nature of the war has changed, but it is as important as it was after 9/11. (CNN) -- President Obama told West Point graduates that the United States faces "difficult days ahead" in ...

Obama eyes 'international order'

The Free Lance-Star - Carol E. Lee - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT, NY â€" In a commencement address at the storied United States Military Academy on Saturday, President Barack Obama detailed a broad revision of America's role on the international stage. Fighting terrorism is the military's primary challenge, ...

Obama to grads: 'A long and hard road awaits you'

Poughkeepsie Journal - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT â€" President Barack Obama warned US Military Academy cadets during Saturday's graduation ceremony they had come together "to prepare for the most difficult test of our time" as the war in Afghanistan continues. "The war began only because our ...

Obama says US needs allies with it in Afghanistan

The Associated Press - Darlene Superville - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT, NY â€" President Barack Obama on Saturday told graduating cadets eventually headed for war that their country needs allies standing with the US in Afghanistan at a time when some nations are questioning their commitment to that fight and the ...

President Barack Obama to West Point cadets: US needs world allies to fight ...

New York Daily News - Samuel Goldsmith - 23 May, 2010
President Barack Obama addresses the graduates at the commencement and commissioning ceremony at the US . Military Academy in West Point. America needs allies from across the globe to fight against terror in Afghanistan, ...

Anti-war protestors rally outside West Point gate

Mid-Hudson News - 23 May, 2010
HIGHLAND FALLS â€" Protesters gathered on Main Street in Highland Falls, just up the street from the West Point Thayer Gate, to send a message to President Barack Obama and the graduating class at West Point that they want the wars in Iraq and ...

Obama speaks to cadets...BP wants to use the same dispersant

9&10 News - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT, NY (AP) â€" President Barack Obama has told graduating cadets at West Point their upcoming service is "fundamental to our security back home." In his commencement address, he told graduates a long hard road is ahead and that many would be ...

Obama Offers Strategy Based in Diplomacy

New York Times - Peter Baker - 23 May, 2010
President Obama gives graduating cadets their diplomas after delivering a commencement address to graduating cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point on Saturday. More Photos » By PETER BAKER WEST POINT, NY â€" President Obama previewed ...

Obama to West Point grads: Success in Iraq, progress in Afghanistan

Christian Science Monitor - Howard LaFranchi - 23 May, 2010
President Obama told graduating cadets at the West Point military academy that America's security abroad must be matched by a revitalized US economy. President Barack Obama congratulates a graduate of the US Military Academy in West Point, NY, ...

Graduating cadets hear from Obama on protecting US

The Associated Press - Darlene Superville - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT, NY â€" President Barack Obama has arrived at the US Military Academy at West Point to address the graduating class of 2010. The commander in chief is expected to talk about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as his vision for keeping ...

Obama: U.S. can't act alone in world

Reuters - Patricia Zengerle, Matt Spetalnick - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT, New York (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared on Saturday the United States cannot act alone in the world and pledged to shape a new "international order" as part of a national security strategy to seal his break with Bush-era ...

Demonstrations in support of troops and against war face off at West Point

Times Herald-Record - Michael Randall - 23 May, 2010
HIGHLAND FALLS â€" While President Obama welcomed a new class of second lieutenants to the Army at West Point, he himself was getting a tongue-lashing in absentia on the streets of Highland Falls. Even demonstrators from Gathering of ...

Obama: Tough fight ahead in Afghanistan

14WFIE.com - Sarah Harlan - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT (NBC) - President Barack Obama is warning of a tough fight ahead in Afghanistan. Speaking to the graduating class at West Point Saturday morning, President Obama said the Taliban insurgency will turn to new tactics. ...

AP Top News at 11:49 pm EDT

The Associated Press - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT, NY â€" The US must shape a world order as reliant on the force of diplomacy as on the might of its military to lead, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he outlined a foreign policy vision that repudiated the go-it-alone approach forged ...

Obama to cadets: "International order" over unilateral actions

McClatchy Washington Bureau - Margaret Talev - 23 May, 2010
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, addressing the US Military Academy at West Point, NY, on Saturday, previewed the national security strategy his administration is to announce next week by saying the US must ...

Obama renounces military force to secure our national interests and says he ...

Beaufort Observer - 23 May, 2010
In what some observers, including this one, see as a return to the national security strategy of the Jimmy Carter administration President Obama, in a commencement address at the US Military Academy at West Point, told the graduates that he believes ...

West Point: Obama Predicts Afghan War Outcome

IndyPosted - Ted Webb - 23 May, 2010
President Obama predicted the United States will succeed in Afghanistan while speaking to graduating West Point cadets. The president also said America will be more secure using diplomacy and strengthening alliances with other countries rather than ...

Obama Calls on West Point to Meet 'Moments of Change'

BusinessWeek - Nicholas Johnston, William McQuillen - 23 May, 2010
May 22 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama told the US Military Academy's graduating class they need to rise to meet daunting and complex challenges overseas while pushing innovation to solve problems in the ...

Grand graduation ceremony held at West Point

Xinhua - 23 May, 2010
NEW YORK, May 22 (Xinhua) -- A grand graduation ceremony was held Saturday at the United States Military Academy, or West Point Academy, with US President Barack Obama as the speaker. There were 1002 cadets receiving their diplomas at the ceremony. ...

Obama Addresses West Point Graduates

Forbes - 23 May, 2010
WEST POINT, NY -- The President: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Please be seated. Thank you very much. Good morning. The President: It is wonderful to be back at the United States Military Academy--the oldest continuously occupied military ...

West Point cadets get inspiration from President Obama

NECN - 23 May, 2010
(NECN/CNN: West Point, NY) - Saturday marks graduation day for the class of 2010 at West Point, and cadets got inspiration from the commander in chief. President Obama discussed military and societal challenges in the face of both the wars in Iraq and ...

 

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