High school students from the 23rd Congressional District, which includes Kern County, are nominated every year to one of the service academies. On this Memorial Day, local Congressman Kevin McCarthy announced the seven nominees at the Bakersfield Realtors' Association.
In about a month, Eagle Valley High School valedictorian Sebie Witt is headed to the United States Military Academy at West Point a first-rate accomplishment that is all his own.
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Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday described a political moment unlike any era that came before as she addressed the graduating class of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. She became the first female commencement speaker in the school s history.
In front of an outdoor audience at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Harris urged graduating midshipmen to defend the country against a number of global threats, including cybersecurity attacks, climate change and biological hazards like the coronavirus.
Comparing the COVID-19 crisis to other critical moments that have shaped the nation s history including Pearl Harbor, the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Sept. 11 attacks Harris told graduates that they are walking into a rapidly changing world.