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'It is a virtual certainty that you will fight on a battlefield at some point in your life':

• https://www.dailymail.co, By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Vice President Mike Pence told the most diverse graduating class in the history of the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday that the world is 'a dangerous place' and they should expect to see combat.

'Some of you will join the fight against radical Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq,' he said.

Pence congratulated the West Point graduates on behalf of Donald Trump, and told them: 'As you accept the mantle of leadership I promise you, your commander in chief will always have your back. President Donald Trump is the best friend the men and women of our armed forces will ever have.'

More than 980 cadets became U.S. Army second lieutenants in the ceremony at West Point's football stadium.

Pence noted that Trump has proposed a $750billion defense budget for 2020 and said the United States 'is once again embracing our role as the leader of the free world.'

'It is a virtual certainty that you will fight on a battlefield for America at some point in your life,' Pence said. 

'You will lead soldiers in combat. It will happen. Some of you may even be called upon to serve in this hemisphere.'


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