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President Barack Obama is expected to deliver his third and final commencement address this Friday at the U.S. Naval Academy. 

It is just mid-May and many college students across the country, and Minnesota, have already received their 2009 diplomas. And that's caught the attention of Morning Edition commentator Peter Smith.

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It is just mid-May and many college students across the country, and Minnesota, have already received their 2009 diplomas. That's caught the attention of Morning Edition commentator Peter Smith.

President Obama is expected to deliver his third and final commencement address this Friday at the U.S. naval academy.   It is just mid-May and many college students across the country, and Minnesota, have already received their 2009 diplomas.    And that's caught the attention of Morning Edition commentator Peter Smith.

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