my daughter graduated last night from HS...YEA...Robert Gates was the Keynote speaker

[greenbriar]

when they were introducing him, they mentioned that he was appointed by w bush...no souond


when they mentioned that he was retained by Obama the arena errupted in applause.



all in all, he spoke for about 15 minutes, wasn't half bad and

I am now the parent of a High School graduate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Taverner]

1. Awesome! I can only dream to see that light at the end of the tunnel you do

[madmom]

8. Sorry to burst your bubble there Taverner, but that light is just another train.

I have two kids out of high school, one in college ($$$$$$) and the other laid off since Dec. ($$$$$$$) It's just a different track.:hide:

[alsame]

2. Congrats! Wow, the SecDef at a HS graduation? I'm sure the

class was honored.

[greenbriar]

3. turns out he was a graduate from her HS

so it was like him going back to his roots

[alsame]

4. That was nice of him. It's always good for kids to

see success stories from their own environment.

[rvablue]

5. Congratulations. And if you missed it, a few weeks ago, 60 minutes interviewed

Gates and I found it very illuminating and at moments touching! (strange, I know, but you'll see. His view on being SoD got me a little teary)

Your daughter might like to see it, too!

[malaise]

6. Congrats

:applause:

[greenbriar]

7. he told the kids he wanted to be a doctor

and didn't do well in calc