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President Obama delivered the commencement address this week at the Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. He told the graduating cadets that they faced a challenge before them that, "perhaps more than any other, would shape their entire careers." Was it to protect the homeland from what the president aptly characterized as "the grave threat of terrorism"?https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_obama-naval-academy.jpg