Vice President Kamala Harris will speak to U.S. Air Force Academy graduates on Thursday. It will be her first address at the ceremony after President Joe Biden spoke to the cadets at last year's commencement. Graduates will become second lieutenants in either the Air Force or Space Force.
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Elkins Park, Pa., May 8, 2024. Vice President Harris will speak at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation on Thursday, May 30, in Colorado , her first address at the ceremony that launches cadets into the Air Force or Space Force with pomp and the roar of jets. will speak at the U.S.
The commencement in Colorado Springs, Colorado, about an hour’s drive south of Denver, will wrap with graduates pitching their caps into the air as the world-renowned U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, zip past overhead. Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke at the ceremony in 2020, when the event was scaled down to account for the COVID-19 pandemic.Bedayn is a statehouse reporter for The Associated Press based in Denver. He is a Report for America corps member.
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