<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - west-point</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/west-point</link><description>Newsvine - west-point</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:51:18 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 12:33:57 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Housekeeper Who Stole a Bag of Frozen Meatballs Facing As Much Jail Time As Steubenville Rapist</title>
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A housekeeper at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is facing two years in jail for allegedly stealing a bag of meatballs. Estelle Casimir, 56, who had been working for West Point&rsquo;s food service company, Watson Services, for 28 years, was purportedly&nbsp;seen&nbsp;c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17473816-housekeeper-who-stole-a-bag-of-frozen-meatballs-facing-as-much-jail-time-as-steubenville-rapist</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17473816-housekeeper-who-stole-a-bag-of-frozen-meatballs-facing-as-much-jail-time-as-steubenville-rapist</guid><category>west-point</category><category>thief</category><category>us-news</category><category>violence-against-women</category><category>military-academy</category><category>steubenville</category><category>legal-justice-system</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:27:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-20B44B449-D6BE-1DBF-89AB-D6D98EA664EB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-20B44B449-D6BE-1DBF-89AB-D6D98EA664EB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>      Pelosi Questions Patriotism Of Republican Army Veteran, Says He&amp;#8217;s Not &amp;#8220;On Team America&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Class act all the way.
Via&nbsp;Beltway Confidential:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., suggested that the sequestration fight is revealing that some of her colleagues in Congress are not &ldquo;on Team America,&rdquo; based on a comment made by Rep. Mike Pompeo, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17137280-pelosi-questions-patriotism-of-republican-army-veteran-says-hes-not-on-team-america</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17137280-pelosi-questions-patriotism-of-republican-army-veteran-says-hes-not-on-team-america</guid><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>west-point</category><category>nancy-pelosi</category><category>minority-leader</category><category>team-america</category><category>rep-mike-pompeo</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 01:32:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome0EA90F32-6FA2-0D5A-9978-F71E14BEFAA1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="167" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome0EA90F32-6FA2-0D5A-9978-F71E14BEFAA1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf buried at West Point</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, the no-nonsense Desert Storm commander famously nicknamed "Stormin' Norman," graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, soaking up its values: "Duty, Honor, Country."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Hill]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Hill]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17127197-gen-norman-schwarzkopf-buried-at-west-point</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17127197-gen-norman-schwarzkopf-buried-at-west-point</guid><category>us</category><category>burial</category><category>west-point</category><category>state-colin-powell</category><category>us-news</category><category>military-academy</category><category>schwarzkopf</category><category>desert-storm</category><category>norman-schwarzkopf</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:35:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84e2b961-d4e9-4713-b686-a1ae727089f8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84e2b961-d4e9-4713-b686-a1ae727089f8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 14, 1990 file photo, U.S. Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia, answers questions during an interview in Riyadh. A memorial service for the Desert Storm commander famously nicknamed Stormin' Norman&quot; will be held at the U.S. Military Academy's chapel Thursday afternoon, Feb. 28, 2013. His remains will be buried afterward at West Point's cemetery.  (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c915d835-f203-461c-a527-a661ffec61d6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="339" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c915d835-f203-461c-a527-a661ffec61d6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the allied forces in Operation Desert Storm, is shown in this 1991 photo. Schwarzkopf, who rose to fame as the leader of the lightning quick dismantling of Saddam Hussein's forces in the first Gulf War, is laid to rest at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Thursday Feb. 28, 2013.   (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=539aec51-45b2-4f80-a943-aff4106723fc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=539aec51-45b2-4f80-a943-aff4106723fc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Max Karmazyn, center, sitting next to his grandmother Brenda Schwarzkopf, left, salutes during the burial of his late grandfather, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf,  at the United States Military Academy on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. Schwarzkopf was 78 when he died of complications from pneumonia on Dec. 27 in Tampa. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=003a5c5c-4fe1-42ef-903c-3b5899438d9d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=003a5c5c-4fe1-42ef-903c-3b5899438d9d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Brenda Schwarzkopf, center, watches as an honor guard folds a flag over an urn containing the ashes of her late husband, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf,  at the United States Military Academy on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. Schwarzkopf was 78 when he died of complications from pneumonia on Dec. 27 in Tampa. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>West Point championship QB Doug Kenna dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Edgar Douglas "Doug" Kenna II, the quarterback of West Point's 1944 undefeated national championship team and former president of the National Association of Manufacturers, has died. He was 88.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Holbrook Mohr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Holbrook Mohr]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16913540-west-point-championship-qb-doug-kenna-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16913540-west-point-championship-qb-doug-kenna-dies</guid><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>west-point</category><category>national-association</category><category>us-news</category><category>kenna</category><category>doug-kenna</category><category>edgar-douglas</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 22:49:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>West Point Think Tank Buries the Dynamite | Alternet</title>
<description><![CDATA[The CTC attempts to aim a blinding spotlight at the Racist/White  Supremacist Movement, the Anti-Federalist Movement, and the Christian  fundamentalist Movement and their potential for violence. While  exorbitant amounts of money and time were wasted on the CTC's flimsy,  tissue-&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nolagrrl]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nolagrrl]]></source><link>http://nolagrrl.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16698982-west-point-think-tank-buries-the-dynamite-alternet</link><guid>http://nolagrrl.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16698982-west-point-think-tank-buries-the-dynamite-alternet</guid><category>women</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>west-point</category><category>fundamentalist</category><category>fascism</category><category>crusades</category><category>usma</category><category>oath-keepers</category><category>usafa</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:33:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nolagrrlF639A5BC-ABB8-C578-A9AB-E1FD2C8F6068.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nolagrrlF639A5BC-ABB8-C578-A9AB-E1FD2C8F6068.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>West Point study warns of violent Right Wing fringe. Right Wing fringe responds angrily.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The report warns of three categories of rightwing extremists that represent terroristic threats: &ldquo;[T]he Racist/White Supremacy Movement, the Anti-Federalist Movement, and the Christian Fundamentalist Movement.&rdquo;
The report notes that it focuses only on those groups &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16603036-west-point-study-warns-of-violent-right-wing-fringe-right-wing-fringe-responds-angrily</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16603036-west-point-study-warns-of-violent-right-wing-fringe-right-wing-fringe-responds-angrily</guid><category>us</category><category>terrorism</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>west-point</category><category>united-states</category><category>republican</category><category>right-wing</category><category>far-right</category><category>islamophobia</category><category>radical-right</category><category>right-wing-terrorism</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:30:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz07E309FA-C3D5-D0D8-2BBD-33BF996A3F37.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz07E309FA-C3D5-D0D8-2BBD-33BF996A3F37.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New West Point Study Highlights Threat Posed by Far Right-Wing Groups In U.S. | Alternet</title>
<description><![CDATA[A&nbsp;new study&nbsp;from  a think tank connected to the West Point Military Academy highlights  the threat of violent far-right movements in the United States, leading  to the conclusion that, while diverse in in their causes, they are  similar in their use of violence to achie&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nolagrrl]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nolagrrl]]></source><link>http://nolagrrl.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16587421-new-west-point-study-highlights-threat-posed-by-far-right-wing-groups-in-us-alternet</link><guid>http://nolagrrl.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16587421-new-west-point-study-highlights-threat-posed-by-far-right-wing-groups-in-us-alternet</guid><category>politics</category><category>revolution</category><category>gop</category><category>government</category><category>west-point</category><category>militias</category><category>domestic-terrorism</category><category>crackpot</category><category>gun-nuts</category><category>armed-overthrow</category><category>tea-party-aryan-antion</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:51:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nolagrrlC05A25FB-4258-398D-DAEF-E8FF3809BC3F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nolagrrlC05A25FB-4258-398D-DAEF-E8FF3809BC3F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Funeral scheduled for Gen. Schwarzkopf</title>
<description><![CDATA[The funeral for Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf will be held at the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16529841-funeral-scheduled-for-gen-schwarzkopf</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16529841-funeral-scheduled-for-gen-schwarzkopf</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>funeral</category><category>west-point</category><category>us-news</category><category>schwarzkopf</category><category>united-states-military-academy</category><category>norman-schwarzkopf</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:19:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies - Associated Press - POLITICO.com</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></source><link>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16197556-retired-gen-norman-schwarzkopf-dies-associated-press-politicocom</link><guid>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16197556-retired-gen-norman-schwarzkopf-dies-associated-press-politicocom</guid><category>military</category><category>saddam-hussein</category><category>colin-powell</category><category>west-point</category><category>uk-news</category><category>us-world-news</category><category>desert-storm</category><category>eurovine</category><category>president-george-h-w-bush</category><category>us-news-and-views</category><category>saddam-hussein39-s</category><category>retired-general-norman-schwarzkopf</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:55:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Phyllis33241115B6CFAD5-9966-9CF7-B7AF-3BB66E8C5E7A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Phyllis33241115B6CFAD5-9966-9CF7-B7AF-3BB66E8C5E7A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  West Point cadet quits military academy because of pervasive Christian evangelism </title>
<description><![CDATA[
When Blake Page announced this week that he was quitting West Point a few months before graduation, citing the overt religiosity on campus, he raised recurring questions about the pervasiveness and impact of evangelical Christianity within the ranks of the US military.
&ldquo;&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15792446-west-point-cadet-quits-military-academy-because-of-pervasive-christian-evangelism</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15792446-west-point-cadet-quits-military-academy-because-of-pervasive-christian-evangelism</guid><category>religion</category><category>west-point</category><category>right-wing</category><category>religious-right</category><category>cadet</category><category>religion-in-the-military</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Dec 2012 12:30:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236481D27CE1-6BF1-3A40-41FF-D574EE6C89D9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236481D27CE1-6BF1-3A40-41FF-D574EE6C89D9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Some thoughts on Blake Page, the cadet who quit West Point with only six months to go because of religious oppression</title>
<description><![CDATA[First, read this Associated Press (AP) article, here on Newsvine. &nbsp;Now, my thoughts...
Many Americans -- especially if they're current or former military, or have a family member who is -- have trouble seeing what is the problem. As Michael Weinstein, of the Military Religio&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gregg DesElms]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gregg DesElms]]></source><link>http://gregg-deselms.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/08/15780782-some-thoughts-on-blake-page-the-cadet-who-quit-west-point-with-only-six-months-to-go-because-of-religious-oppression</link><guid>http://gregg-deselms.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/08/15780782-some-thoughts-on-blake-page-the-cadet-who-quit-west-point-with-only-six-months-to-go-because-of-religious-oppression</guid><category>religion</category><category>west-point</category><category>graduation</category><category>quit</category><category>cadet</category><category>military-religious-freedom-foundation</category><category>michael-weinstein</category><category>religious-oppression</category><category>blake-page</category><pubDate>Sat, 8 Dec 2012 21:53:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Blake Page, West Point Cadet, Quits Military Academy Over Religion (VIDEO)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A cadet quitting West Point less than six months before graduation  says he could no longer be part of a culture that promotes prayers and  religious activities and disrespects nonreligious cadets.
Blake Page announced his decision to quit the U.S. Military Academy  this week &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[douglasq]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[douglasq]]></source><link>http://douglasq.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15735557-blake-page-west-point-cadet-quits-military-academy-over-religion-video</link><guid>http://douglasq.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15735557-blake-page-west-point-cadet-quits-military-academy-over-religion-video</guid><category>religion</category><category>prayer</category><category>west-point</category><category>the-constitution</category><category>the-military</category><category>cadet-resignation</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2012 22:32:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=douglasqA54029D7-BEEB-019A-2348-53E1D20E83EB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=douglasqA54029D7-BEEB-019A-2348-53E1D20E83EB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cadet quits, cites overt religion at West Point</title>
<description><![CDATA[A cadet quitting West Point less than six months before graduation says he could no longer be part of a culture that promotes prayers and religious activities and disrespects nonreligious cadets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Hill]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Hill]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15705359-cadet-quits-cites-overt-religion-at-west-point</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15705359-cadet-quits-cites-overt-religion-at-west-point</guid><category>us</category><category>protest</category><category>point</category><category>west-point</category><category>us-news</category><category>proselytizing</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 21:13:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5207d416-3af4-497c-adb7-ea74a324fb0e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5207d416-3af4-497c-adb7-ea74a324fb0e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 7, 2001 file photo, United States Military Academy cadets stand in formation at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Blake Page, a cadet quitting West Point less than six months before graduation, says he could no longer be part of a culture that promotes prayers and religious activities and disrespects nonreligious cadets. (AP Photo/Jim McKnight, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Religious Right Freaks Out Over West Point's First Same-Sex Marriage</title>
<description><![CDATA[As Towledroad observed on December 1, &rdquo; It is a happy weekend for Brenda Sue Fulton and  Penelope Dara Gnesin. Not only are they tying the knot, but they&rsquo;re  making history as the first same-sex couple to do so in military academy  West Point&rsquo;s chapel.&rdquo;
T&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15678764-the-religious-right-freaks-out-over-west-points-first-same-sex-marriage</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15678764-the-religious-right-freaks-out-over-west-points-first-same-sex-marriage</guid><category>religion</category><category>west-point</category><category>pat-robertson</category><category>same-sex-marriage</category><category>gblt</category><category>military-academy</category><category>usma</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 22:25:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite32F456B8-EF12-4670-8CF1-2EAEA9F42A97.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite32F456B8-EF12-4670-8CF1-2EAEA9F42A97.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>West Point Cadet Chapel Hosts First Same-Sex Wedding </title>
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As her Aunt Sue and Aunt Penny became the first same-sex couple to marry at West Point Military Academy's Cadet Chapel, 15-year-old Amanda Fulton thought she should have gone with waterproof mascara as she felt tears run down her cheeks.
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"When you're a kid, it's so eas&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh of Arc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh of Arc]]></source><link>http://josh-of-arc.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15650345-west-point-cadet-chapel-hosts-first-same-sex-wedding</link><guid>http://josh-of-arc.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15650345-west-point-cadet-chapel-hosts-first-same-sex-wedding</guid><category>marriage</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>west-point</category><category>us-news</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>lgbt</category><category>equal-rights</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 21:29:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-of-arc442C4766-8506-F0E5-B2D6-F9B23F6B0895.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-of-arc442C4766-8506-F0E5-B2D6-F9B23F6B0895.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chapel at West Point military base hosts its first ever same-sex wedding in the wake of President Obama's lifting of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy  |</title>
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Cadet Chapel, the landmark Gothic church that is a center for spiritual life at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, hosted its first same-sex wedding on Saturday.
Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate, were exchanging vows in the regal church in an &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/02/15608805-chapel-at-west-point-military-base-hosts-its-first-ever-same-sex-wedding-in-the-wake-of-president-obamas-lifting-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-policy</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/02/15608805-chapel-at-west-point-military-base-hosts-its-first-ever-same-sex-wedding-in-the-wake-of-president-obamas-lifting-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-policy</guid><category>marriage</category><category>military</category><category>west-point</category><category>us-news</category><category>lesbians</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>dadt</category><category>president-obama</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 Dec 2012 05:48:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2E2167E9A-6FC4-04D9-0C9F-B32DF0B97B7D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2E2167E9A-6FC4-04D9-0C9F-B32DF0B97B7D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>First  same-sex marriage being celebrated Saturday at West Point's Cadet Chapel | Fox News</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/01/15599029-first-same-sex-marriage-being-celebrated-saturday-at-west-points-cadet-chapel-fox-news</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/01/15599029-first-same-sex-marriage-being-celebrated-saturday-at-west-points-cadet-chapel-fox-news</guid><category>army</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>lesbian</category><category>west-point</category><category>us-news</category><category>chapel</category><category>first-time-gay-marriage</category><pubDate>Sat, 1 Dec 2012 17:36:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye2353A341-0960-BD54-CD5F-B01C945056CC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye2353A341-0960-BD54-CD5F-B01C945056CC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Military Academies Adjusting to Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Colonel Gary A. Packard Jr., who directs the Department of Behavioral Science and Leadership at the Air Force Academy and co-wrote a recent report on the effect of the repeal on the armed services, said that the transition has gone remarkably well at the military academies.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[spiffie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[spiffie]]></source><link>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15245972-military-academies-adjusting-to-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-nytimescom</link><guid>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15245972-military-academies-adjusting-to-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-nytimescom</guid><category>military</category><category>west-point</category><category>air-force-academy</category><category>us-news</category><category>naval-academy</category><category>dadt</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:58:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Petraeus' biographer a military reservist, scholar</title>
<description><![CDATA[Paula Broadwell first met fellow West Point graduate David Petraeus in the spring of 2006, when she was a graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/10/15075409-petraeus-biographer-a-military-reservist-scholar</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/10/15075409-petraeus-biographer-a-military-reservist-scholar</guid><category>resigns</category><category>politics</category><category>west-point</category><category>author</category><category>kennedy-school</category><category>petraeus</category><category>david-petraeus</category><category>paula-broadwell</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:08:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72ebf802-f5e7-42a7-8d09-299098d331fd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72ebf802-f5e7-42a7-8d09-299098d331fd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Gen. David Petraeus testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3c995951-6754-4270-9f29-cd3e6ef4ce5c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="364" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3c995951-6754-4270-9f29-cd3e6ef4ce5c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="109" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 15, 2012 photo, Paula Broadwell, author of the David Petraeus biography &quot;All In,&quot; poses for photos in Charlotte, N.C. Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA, admitting to an extramarital affair. Petraeus carried on the affair with Broadwell, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines) LOCAL TV OUT (WSOC, WBTV, WCNC, WCCB); LOCAL PRINT OUT (CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL, CREATIVE LOAFLING, CHARLOTTE WEEKLY, MECHLENBURG TIMES, CHARLOTTE MAGAZINE, CHARLOTTE PARENTS) LOCAL RADIO OUT (WBT)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3dad4320-8618-47c1-87bf-d43635a1c790.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3dad4320-8618-47c1-87bf-d43635a1c790.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 15, 2012 photo, Paula Broadwell, author of the David Petraeus biography &quot;All In,&quot; poses for photos in Charlotte, N.C. Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA, admitting to an extramarital affair. Petraeus carried on the affair with Broadwell, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines) LOCAL TV OUT (WSOC, WBTV, WCNC, WCCB); LOCAL PRINT OUT (CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL, CREATIVE LOAFLING, CHARLOTTE WEEKLY, MECHLENBURG TIMES, CHARLOTTE MAGAZINE, CHARLOTTE PARENTS) LOCAL RADIO OUT (WBT)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aad923ee-8d98-4c05-a131-a076067551ca.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aad923ee-8d98-4c05-a131-a076067551ca.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In the frame grab from C-SPAN Book TV video taken Feb. 6, 2012, author Paula Broadwell speaks to an audience about the book she co-authored, &quot;All In: The Education of General David Petraeus,&quot; at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington. The scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus started with harassing emails sent by his biographer and paramour, Broadwell, to another woman, and eventually led the FBI to discover he was having an affair, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Petraeus quit Friday, Nov. 9, after acknowledging an extramarital relationship. (AP Photo/C-SPAN Book TV)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7915d7ad-b4b9-49ba-a759-9ceaf314f8d3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7915d7ad-b4b9-49ba-a759-9ceaf314f8d3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 15, 2012 photo, Paula Broadwell, author of the David Petraeus biography &quot;All In,&quot; poses for photos in Charlotte, N.C. Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA, admitting to an extramarital affair. Petraeus carried on the affair with Broadwell, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines) LOCAL TV OUT (WSOC, WBTV, WCNC, WCCB); LOCAL PRINT OUT (CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL, CREATIVE LOAFLING, CHARLOTTE WEEKLY, MECHLENBURG TIMES, CHARLOTTE MAGAZINE, CHARLOTTE PARENTS) LOCAL RADIO OUT (WBT)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> West Point Cadet&amp;#8217;s Petition to Stop Mandatory Participation in Religious Events | This Week in Christian Nationalism</title>
<description><![CDATA[After being denied a request to be excused from an event that included  religious ceremonies, West Point Cadet Blake Page has started a petition  to the Department of Defense to &ldquo;Stop requiring service members to attend mandatory religious ceremonies.&rdquo; Blake is also a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14617077-west-point-cadets-petition-to-stop-mandatory-participation-in-religious-events-this-week-in-christian-nationalism</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14617077-west-point-cadets-petition-to-stop-mandatory-participation-in-religious-events-this-week-in-christian-nationalism</guid><category>politics</category><category>west-point</category><category>mandiatory</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iraqi woman's father testifies at Johnson's trial - Europe - Stripes</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12189855-iraqi-womans-father-testifies-at-johnsons-trial-europe-stripes</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12189855-iraqi-womans-father-testifies-at-johnsons-trial-europe-stripes</guid><category>west-point</category><category>us-news</category><category>brigade-combat-team</category><category>johnson-iii</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:07:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye695DF2B8-39C9-5E24-8A56-5E561D1C3106.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="74" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye695DF2B8-39C9-5E24-8A56-5E561D1C3106.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="23" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Counterinsurgency isn't dead...yet </title>
<description><![CDATA[The death of counterinsurgency continues. According to the&nbsp;New York Times, the relative merits of the doctrine, with its relative ineffectiveness in Afghanistan, is driving a rethink among West Point&rsquo;s nerds of militarism. (I use the term &ldquo;nerd&rdquo; as an acade&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JayMack]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JayMack]]></source><link>http://jaymack.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12014968-counterinsurgency-isnt-deadyet</link><guid>http://jaymack.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12014968-counterinsurgency-isnt-deadyet</guid><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>west-point</category><category>obama</category><category>vietnam</category><category>coin</category><category>nyt</category><category>counterinsurgency</category><category>gen-allen</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Jun 2012 01:38:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>  Cops gun down man for legally carrying firearm</title>
<description><![CDATA[Erik Scott was a West Point graduate who went on to serve honorably in the Army, get his MBA from Duke and establish a lucrative career in real estate and as a sales rep for a medical device company. He was 38 years old when he was gunned down in portico of a Las Vegas area Costc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jetmech55]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jetmech55]]></source><link>http://jmhjetmech.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12014082-cops-gun-down-man-for-legally-carrying-firearm</link><guid>http://jmhjetmech.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12014082-cops-gun-down-man-for-legally-carrying-firearm</guid><category>air-force</category><category>west-point</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>us-news</category><category>aviation-week</category><category>loss-prevention-officer</category><category>erik-scott</category><category>las-vegas-mpd</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2012 23:54:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title> A Day to Remember Our Fallen</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On Memorial Day, many Americans have a barbeque, spend the day in a department store looking for sales, or otherwise enjoy a day off work. What often does not happen is a reflection on the true meaning of the holiday.
Memorial Day is intended to be a day of remembrance for tho&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/28/11913957-a-day-to-remember-our-fallen</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/28/11913957-a-day-to-remember-our-fallen</guid><category>america</category><category>military</category><category>west-point</category><category>service</category><category>us-news</category><category>memorial-day</category><category>memorial-service</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 07:36:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinB1ADFB10-2E51-F576-4DF1-7B86B56F7194.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="175" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinB1ADFB10-2E51-F576-4DF1-7B86B56F7194.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Biden says end to wars gives US new flexibility</title>
<description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year commencement address to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Hill]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Hill]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/26/11894654-biden-says-end-to-wars-gives-us-new-flexibility</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/26/11894654-biden-says-end-to-wars-gives-us-new-flexibility</guid><category>us</category><category>west-point</category><category>united-states</category><category>us-news</category><category>biden</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>military-academy</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 15:35:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36647e40-1e45-4a5f-8de8-2babe6ee8eb6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36647e40-1e45-4a5f-8de8-2babe6ee8eb6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden presents a diploma to valedictorian Alexander George Pagoulatos during a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=520fb5f9-f927-47ea-ae3a-48b0dd457b31.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=520fb5f9-f927-47ea-ae3a-48b0dd457b31.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden arrives to deliver the commencement address during a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=32983bd1-e37d-4169-a67c-ef9e75f576d9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=32983bd1-e37d-4169-a67c-ef9e75f576d9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Lt. Gen. David Huntoon, Jr., superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy stand during the national anthem before a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the in West Point, N.Y., Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44669774-4d7e-49fd-98ba-68eabbd6b66a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44669774-4d7e-49fd-98ba-68eabbd6b66a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden arrives to deliver the commencement address during a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b7bc3b5-9de1-4219-b038-ccf6dd2d429b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="472" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b7bc3b5-9de1-4219-b038-ccf6dd2d429b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden delivers the commencement address during a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9af8cc58-92d1-4128-9f69-cbaa81f559ae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9af8cc58-92d1-4128-9f69-cbaa81f559ae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cadets throw their hats in the air to conclude a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>