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==John McCain, an American hero==
==John McCain, an American hero==
[[File:John McCain official portrait 2009.jpg|thumbnail|400px|center]]
[[File:John McCain official portrait 2009.jpg|thumbnail|400px|center]]
From an opinion column in the ''Washington Post'', by Stephen Wrage, a professor in the political science department at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. The piece reflects the author’s views and not those of the Navy or any other organization. It refers to the U.S. Naval Academy graduation on May 25, 2018, where President Trump will speak, and to emails he has received from several midshipmen, such as:
:"We are under no obligation to clap for Donald Trump. Trump wants the image of young service members cheering him on and we can deny him that image."
:"We are taught selflessness; he practices narcissism."
:"If he is a role model, it is only in the exact opposite."
Wrage goes on:
:"... There is no question, however, how the officers whom the midshipmen report to will behave: They will offer the quiet deference they owe to the office of the president. They speak with full academic freedom in their classrooms, but they maintain military decorum at a ceremony."
:"Decades later, officers remember their commissioning. One Marine I know recalled whole passages he heard from the speech at his graduation in 1993, 25 years ago. That year, John McCain came to speak and, as they say, he killed it."
:McCain told them
{{cquote|As ensigns and second lieutenants, the character of the young sailors and Marines entrusted to your care will be formed in large part by their appreciation of your character. You are where leadership begins. You are the models who stand just past the sergeants and chiefs, and those under your command will derive from your behavior the direction of their own lives. Their firm respect for you, on which their lives and our security will depend, will be determined by how faithfully you keep, on duty and off, the code you learned here.}}
:At least one Marine in the crowd will recall the way McCain closed his speech:
{{cquote|I will go to my grave in gratitude to my Creator for allowing me to stand witness to such courage and honor. And so will you. My time is slipping by. Yours is fast approaching. You will know where your duty lies. You will know. God bless you. Semper Fi. Fair winds and following seas.}}
==Bible verses, Matthew 5:1-11==
==Bible verses, Matthew 5:1-11==