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When they first entered the Yard, Khazei and Brown did not yet know they would go into the public sector, but soon after they met, a freshman class welcome speech delivered by then-University President Derek C. Bok inspired the friends to explore the world outside of the Ivory Tower. Both men took Bok’s advice to heart and found internships on Capitol Hill at different points in their Harvard careers. There, they became acutely aware of the need for public service...
University presidents spend hours each spring refining their remarks for graduation day. And while Harvard’s Drew G. Faust is no exception, her most closely watched speech comes one day early...
...Wednesday morning, Faust will address the graduating members of Harvard’s Reserve Officer Training Corps in Tercentenary Theatre, and her pledge to use the speech to criticize the miltary’s controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which bars openly gay individual from serving in the armed forces, has already drawn fire from conservative and pro-military groups across the country...
...despite public pressure from some, including an op-ed last month in The Wall Street Journal, Faust said in a phone interview on Friday that she still intends to criticize the policy during her speech...
...Wait to see what the speech sounds like,” she said...