During his commencement speech to West Point graduates on Saturday, President Trump celebrated student achievements.
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00:00I've skyped for the most of any West Point class since 1959, it's great for them.
00:12Congratulations.
00:13Boy oh boy oh boy.
00:15I want to bring them right to the Oval Office.
00:17I don't want to have them go too far away from me.
00:21Eight cadets here today to go to the challenge of designing their own hypersonic rocket.
00:28Oh, we can use you.
00:30Building them right now.
00:33You know, we had ours stolen.
00:37We are the designer of it.
00:39We had it stolen during the Obama administration.
00:43We stole it.
00:45You know, we stole it.
00:46The Russian stole it.
00:47Something bad happened.
00:49But we're now, we're the designer of it.
00:52We're now building them.
00:54Lots of them.
00:55And earlier this year, they launched it into space setting a world record for amateur rocketry.
01:02Can't get you in there fast enough.
01:04This class excelled not only mentally but also physically last January when more than 1,000 cadets volunteered for an 18 and a half mile march for a freezing winter night.
01:16Cadet Chris Verdugo, completing the task in two hours and 30 minutes flat.
01:23Smashing the international record for the competition by 13 minutes.
01:29Where is he?
01:30Where is he?
01:31Come up here.
01:32Come up here, Chris.
01:34Get up here.
01:35Get up here.
01:36Come.
01:37Come here, man.
01:38That's....
01:4313 minutes.
01:44Come here, miss.
01:45Come here, Miss.
01:50Come here.
01:55Come here.
01:58komme here.
02:03It's been a long five years, but I cannot get with any of these guys.
02:11Love you.
02:15I ask you to keep it going because that really is the definition of Army Strong as the international.
02:31This class includes 513 graduates who completed aerosol school, 70 who completed airborne school,
02:418 who made it through the ultra-elite Army Diary School,
02:45among the most difficult and grueling programs anywhere on Earth.
02:51That includes the first two women in West Point history to complete Diary School,
02:57Cadets, Megan Cooper and Claire Saber.
03:01Where are you?
03:02Where are they?
03:11Wow, great job.
03:15That is not easy.
03:17Congratulations, Megan, Claire, it's a job well done.
03:23Thank you very much.
03:27Some of you achieved a different kind of distinction here in the academy,
03:31including seven century men who completed 100 hours of marching for disciplinary,
03:39oh, no, infraction.
03:42No, don't tell me I'm going to get it.
03:45Oh, I'm so sorry.
03:48Would you like to stand up?
03:49I think I saw Chris standing up.
04:06Chris, what's going on?
04:10Well, yeah, one good one night's over here, right, Chris?
04:13Can't believe Chris is standing here.
04:15But we want everyone to leave here today, Chris,
04:19so you're going to be okay because I'm going to do something with a clean slate.
04:24So in keeping with tradition, I hereby pardon all cadets
04:28on restriction for minor conduct, effectiveness, and effective immediately,
04:34so you're okay.
04:35You're welcome.
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