West Point Speech: The View from the Stage

Obama's West Point Speech: The View from the Stage TIME photographer Christopher Morris surveys the scene as the President describes his plan for Afghanistancadets at West Point
Christopher Morris / VII for TIME

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Sitting in the same row as Petraeus were, left to right: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gen. Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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