Likewise, those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that make our military strong. That’s why we have to be determined to stop these crimes, because they’ve got no place in the greatest military on Earth. that had no place at a graduation speech...
Okay. That was what reporters and outsiders might be listening for, but that wasn’t the whole speech. There was plenty of the “we’re proud of you” stuff for the grads as well — maybe more than in some other politicians’ commencement speeches. Outsiders tune that stuff out, just as the grads probably let the political stuff go in one ear and out the other.