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[ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. Thank you, john. Thank you. Thank you and congratulations to the class of 2017. Great job. And general kelly, i want to thank you for your leadership as the Coast Guards Service secretary. You have really been something very, very special to us as a country and to me and our administration. Youve done throughout your entire life an incredible job defending your country. Thank you very much, john. Thank you. [ applause ] and john and all of his folks are also doing an incredible job protecting our homeland and our border and im thrilled that my first address to the Service Academy is the Graduation Ceremony of the United States coast guard. Believe me. Its a great honor. N. Applause ] ive been here before and it ....
The academy, your coast guard commanders will explain their vision, and then they will trust you to get the job done. Just like i as your president will also trust you toc get the job done. Its amazing to think of the adventures that are about to begin for you. Across the country this month millions of other students are graduating high school, college. Many others are wondering, just what am i going to do . Theyre saying to themselves, what are they going to do. You know what youre going to do many, many students graduating from college right now saying what am i going to do . Where am i going to work you . Know it. You picked a food one by the way. You picked a beautiful one, a good one. Were really proud to have you, i can tell you. [applause] years from now some of them may look back and ask themselves whether they have made the right choice, whether they made the most of the opportunities they have been given. In the coast guard you will face many challenges and many threats but ....
And, yes, coincidentally, available in the give shop as well finish gift shop as well. We hope youll use it perhaps not on the bench. If every decision you said, well, let he decide this by asking what would nixon do. [laughter] thank you as always thank you, sandy. Thanks, everybody. God bless all of you and god bless america. [applause] youre watching booktv, nonfiction authors ask books every weekend on cspan2. E. G. Vallianatos argues that the epa has failed miserably in protecting the public from harmful chemicals. This hourlong program is next on booktv. Thank you. Thank you very much. Im grateful to claremont for this event, and im very delighted to see all of you here, and im also grateful to cspan booktv for being here with us this evening. The story i will tell is controversial, and its a story that didnt come to me overnight. It took decades for its maturity. So before i start into the story of the epa and why i dare say that the epas really not protecting the health of our ....