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Vice President JD Vance got an unexpected greeting while congratulating graduates at the United States Air Force Academy commencement ceremony in Colorado Springs. After delivering the commencement address and greeting cadets one by one, Vance was met by a newly commissioned officer who skipped the traditional handshake and instead...

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.Vice President JD Vance at the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement in Colorado Springs: "Today, we celebrate not just you, not just the completed journey, but importantly... Today, you become commissioned officers and leaders of the great Patriots that I interact with every single day."

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