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House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) delivered the Morgan State University commencement address in Baltimore. He discussed overcoming adversity, standing up for…

Attorney General William Barr delivered keynote remarks at FBI National Academy’s graduation ceremony in Quantico, Virginia. Other speakers included FBI Director Christopher Wray and FBI…

Ellen DeGeneres spoke at the commencement ceremony in the Superdome for the graduates of Tulane University. She talked, frequently humorously, about her background, overcoming obstacles, and her…

Robert Khuzami addressed the graduating class of Boston University Law School. He talked about truth and integrity. Mr. Khuzami, an alum of the law school, served as deputy U.S. attorney in the…

Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL) addressed the 2019 graduating class at Mills College, an undergraduate women’s college in Oakland, California. Representative Underwood is the…

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered the King’s College commencement address in New York City. The former Missouri attorney general once clerked…

Robert Mueller gave the commencement address to the 2013 graduating class of the College of William and Mary.

Two days after he left the Justice Department, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein delivered the University of Baltimore Law School commencement address. In his first public appearance…

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), House Financial Services Committee chair, delivered the University of the District of Columbia’s commencement address to the graduating class of 2019.

President Trump delivered the commencement address at the Air Force Academy’s graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Cadets were shown greeting the president as their names were…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) delivered the 2019 University of Michigan commencement address. The former Michigan Senate minority leader and former prosecutor told the graduates to fight…

Governor Eric Holcomb (R-IN) delivered the commencement speech at Anderson University, a private Christian liberal arts school in Anderson, Indiana. Governor Holcomb, a Navy veteran, served…

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a native of the Bronx, returned to her home borough to receive an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Manhattan College and to deliver the…

Cindy McCain, a philanthropist, businesswoman, and the wife of the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ), spoke about helping others in need and serving worthy causes, as she addressed the graduating…

House Republican Conference Vice Chair Mark Walker (R-NC) delivered the commencement address at his alma mater Piedmont International University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight Action, and the 2018 Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia, delivered American University’s School of Public Affairs commencement address.

Mrs. Bush’s invitation to speak created controversy on campus when a group of students petitioned to have the invitation rescinded. Mrs. Gorbachev accompanied Mrs. Bush.

President John F. Kennedy made the commencement speech at American University on June 10, 1963. This speech marked the start of detente with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The…

President Reagan delivered the commencement address to the 150th graduating class at Citadel Military Academy. In his often humorous speech, the president praised the members of the U.S.…

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan delivered the commencement address at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The former Boeing executive served as deputy defense secretary starting…