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"I trust you will always remember how others see the uniform of the United States," Vice President Dick Cheney said to the U.S. Military Academy's 2003 graduating class in West Point, NY, May 31, 2003. "Your service might take you to the most stable place in the quietest of times, but that uniform is a reminder of what assures stability and keeps the peace," Vice President Cheney said. "At other times, your service may take you to dangerous places; and there, the sight of an American in uniform will bring fear to the viloent and hope to the oppressed."
"I trust you will always remember how others see the uniform of the United States," Vice President Dick Cheney said to the U.S. Military Academy's 2003 graduating class in West Point, NY, May 31, 2003. "Your service might take you to the most stable place in the quietest of times, but that uniform is a reminder of what assures stability and keeps the peace," Vice President Cheney said. "At other times, your service may take you to dangerous places; and there, the sight of an American in uniform will bring fear to the viloent and hope to the oppressed."
Vice President Dick Cheney stands with the West Point graduating class of 2003 for the National Anthem at the U.S. Military Academy Commencement Ceremony in West Point, NY, May 31, 2003. "I trust you will always remember how others see the uniform of the United States," Vice President Dick Cheney said to the U.S. Military Academy's 2003 graduating class in West Point, NY, May 31, 2003. "Your service might take you to the most stable place in the quietest of times, but that uniform is a reminder of what assures stability and keeps the peace," Vice President Cheney said. "At other times, your service may take you to dangerous places; and there, the sight of an American in uniform will bring fear to the viloent and hope to the oppressed."
Vice President Dick Cheney is saluted before shaking hands with one of the 906 newly commissioned officers of the U.S. Air Force during the graduation ceremony at the Air Force Academy in Colorado on Wednesday, June 1, 2005. Donning his own style of graduation cap, Vice President Cheney participates in the U.S. Air Force Academy Commencement ceremonies at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 30, 2001.
A cadet celebrates after receiving his diploma from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on Wednesday, June 1, 2005. Vice President Dick Cheney delivered the commencement address and personally congratulated the newly commissioned officers. Graduates toss their hats into the air as the contrails from five F-16's stream overhead during the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado on Wednesday, June 1, 2005. Nine hundred and six graduates became commissioned officers in the U.S. Air Force after their four-year curriculum that began shortly before September 11, 2001.
Following his commencement address to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Vice President Dick Cheney and Cadet Jen Frye, 22, of New Market, VA, wave to her friends and family after he presented the graduating cadet her commission in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 19, 2004. A graduate of the Naval Academy class of 2002 pumps his fist in celebration as the Blue Angels flyover in formation marking the conclusion of the US Naval Academy graduation in Annapolis, Maryland, May 24, 2002.

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