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Obama to Speak at Naval Academy Commencement Friday
Barack Obama is the sixth president to have spoken twice to graduating Naval Academy classes while in office.
President Barack Obama is scheduled to be the speaker at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation on Friday in Annapolis.
Obama also spoke during the 2009 graduation. A video of the speech is available on YouTube.
Academy spokeswoman Judy Campbell said Obama would be the sixth president to have spoken twice at a Naval Academy commissioning ceremony. In total, 16 U.S. presidents have addressed graduating classes at the academy.
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The commencement ceremony takes place at 10 a.m. Friday. For a detailed list of all commissioning week activities, visit the academy's website.
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