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President Joe Biden speaks to the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2022 graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden tells Navy graduates next decade will be decisive for democracy and world order

President Joe Biden told U.S. Naval Academy graduates on Friday that the next decade will be decisive for democracy, national security and reshaping the international world order for generations.

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U.S. military drape a national flag over the possible remains of a WWII U.S. airman found in northern Thailand, during a repatriation ceremony Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the U-Tapao Air Base in Rayong province, eastern Thailand. The possible human remains were found at a crash site in a rice field in northern Thailand by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and were sent to Hawaii where they will be tested to see if they belong to a U.S. pilot who went missing in 1944. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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Former Navy linebacker Diego Fagot, seen in this undated Navy Football photo, is among four Naval Academy athletes who have received permission from the Department of Defense to pursue professional sports, the academy announced Sunday. Fagot was offered a contract as an undrafted free agent by the Ravens following the 2022 NFL draft in April 2022.

Linebacker Diego Fagot among 4 Naval Academy athletes who receive permission to pursue professional sports

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III issued the approval Saturday in accordance with Directive-Type Memorandum 19-011. That policy allows service academy graduates to pursue employment in professional sports immediately following graduation.