Vice President Joe Biden and Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr., superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, stand for the national anthem during a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday. WEST POINT, N.Y.—Vice-President Joe Biden told the U.S. Military Academy’s class of 2016 on Saturday that greater diversity, including more women and openly gay soldiers, will strengthen the country’s armed forces. Before the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in 2010, “E.J. The vice-president saluted class president Eugene “E.J.” Coleman for publicly coming out as gay. Among them were the first seven women to be commissioned into combat divisions since combat restrictions for them were lifted.

Source: thestar May 21, 2016 14:45 UTC