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Locker, mercedes benz, a series of companies right now, johnson & johnson, the president of medtronic is a west point graduate, and all of these are quietly leading american corporations with earth hicks, integrity and profitably. jon: the founder of aol, for instance, also somebody who graduated from west point. what is it about that institution that leads so many people to, you know, the corner offices in big corporations? >> really, it boils down to leadership, and it starts as a plebe -- jon: plebe is a fresh match. >> exactly, thank you. and although it's a military academy, it's really t...

Homage to a great american, general ike. ♪ ♪ jon: well, perhaps less well known are the contributions that west point graduates have made outside the field of battle. a new book, "west point leadership," tells the stories of more than a hundred graduates and how their experiences at west point helped them lead this nation in ways you might not imagine. well, dan rice is a west point graduate, class of '88, one of those who helped put this book together. this is something new, dan, this kind of thing of all the books written about west point, and there are a bunch of them, nothing like this...