West Point, NY – VP Joe BIden: Diverse Military Of Gays And Women Strengthens US‎ Forces

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    FILE - In this March 7, 2016 file photo, Joe Biden, the U.S. Vice President talks to the U.S. military personnel at an Air Base in United Arab Emirates. Biden is set to deliver the commencement speech at the graduation ceremony for the U.S. Military Academy’s class of 2016. The graduation ceremony starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2016, at Michie Stadium on the West Point grounds along the Hudson River 50 miles north of New York City.  (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)West Point, NY – Vice President Joe Biden told the U.S. Military Academy’s class of 2016 on Saturday that greater diversity, including more women and openly gay soldiers, will strengthen the country’s armed forces.

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    “Having men and women together in the battlefield is an incredible asset, particularly when they’re asked to lead teams in parts of the world with fundamentally different expectations and norms,” Biden said in his speech at a graduation ceremony at Michie Stadium on the West Point grounds along the Hudson River.

    More than 950 cadets received their degrees and commissions as second lieutenants. Among them were the first seven women to be commissioned into combat divisions since combat restrictions for them were lifted.

    The vice president saluted class president Eugene “E.J.” Coleman for publicly coming out as gay.

    Before the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in 2010, “E.J. would have been discharged from the Army, and we would have lost an incredible talent,” he said. “Thanks for your courage, E.J., and I expect we’re going to hear big things from you, pal.”

    Biden also warned the graduating class that it’s facing a vast range of complex challenges, including battling Islamic State extremists, containing outbreaks of contagious diseases and defending against cyberattacks.

    “Whenever the stakes are highest, we turn to the United States Army,” he said. “Whether it’s fighting terrorism, training our partners, reassuring our allies or providing humanitarian relief, we call on you,” he said. “And right now, the stakes could not be higher.”

    Biden singled out cyberattacks as a growing threat that could allow American enemies to knock out the nation’s power grid or disable satellite systems.

    “The bad thing about advanced technology is that it gives immense powers to stateless actors,” Biden said.

    He added: “You’ll need to dominate the cyber realm as you do the physical one.”

    Biden also was West Point’s commencement speaker in 2012.


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    AlbertEinstein
    AlbertEinstein
    7 years ago

    Rachmana Litzlan.

    Moone
    Moone
    7 years ago

    Lo uleini

    neezoogshoin
    neezoogshoin
    7 years ago

    “strengthens” haha please, it lowers our standards for excellence. The Russians are laughing their heads off.

    7 years ago

    Hey Biden,
    Always knew yu are a jerk. Now you are proven to be a super jerk. Can’t wait to see you in retirement.

    bsnow
    bsnow
    7 years ago

    It’s idiotic.
    Only liberals like Obama Biden and crooked Hillary believe this rubbish.

    Boomworm120
    Boomworm120
    7 years ago

    Well, so long as they don’t conscript women and men of all orientations like the Israeli military does, I can’t really complain about how liberal this country has become.

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    7 years ago

    The Israeli military embraces diversity.

    Benny
    Benny
    7 years ago

    What a low life!
    Strengthen? It would be most miserable and most laughable at army in the world, you idiot!

    MarkTwain2
    MarkTwain2
    7 years ago

    Diverse military of gays and women strengthens ire of Moslems against US.

    RocklandRes
    RocklandRes
    7 years ago

    And how many frum are in the US Military Academy?

    7 years ago

    Joe Biden is one of the dumbest Vice Presidents in the history of the USA. The next eight months should only go by fast.

    7 years ago

    Lol

    I visualize Uncle Joe in a foxhole under fire and the solider next to him breaks out into show tunes.