in terms of public service, texas a&m is privileged to have many of its own in elected office, including an aggie governor. we have many members of the texas house and senate and four members of the united states congress. we also have hundreds more serving at all levels of local, state, and federal government. but most important, as you heard said, we will graduate almost 7200 graduates, the most of any class ever. you are the folks that will change the world and i am proud to call each of you a fellow aggies sister or brother. today is truly a great day to be a texas aggie. let's start with a q&a. i want you to answer by either raising your hand to the following. how many of you are the first generation in your family to receive a college education? how many of you are the first aggie in your family? that is awesome. how many of you have jobs? that is impressive in this world. how many of you are confident in your future? how many of you are worried about your future? i did not see any hands go up. how many of you are graduating in less than four years? i am glad it was not cricket. how many of

god bless texas aggies everywhere. [applause] >> u.s. democratic senator mark warner was the commencement speaker at george mason university in fairfax, virginia. the former virginia governor talk to the class of 2013 for about 15 minutes. >> thank you. president cabrera, members of the board of visitors, mason faculty and staff, family, and most importantly graduates, good morning. let me be the first to also say congratulations to ernst for a job well done. you are truly a proud recipient of the mason metal. , but me also say congratulations to the class of 2013 -- let me

god bless texas aggies everywhere. [applause] mark warner was the commencement speaker at the graduation ceremony at george mason university in fairfax, virginia. the governor talked to the class of 2013 for 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. members of the board of visitors, mason faculty, staff, family, graduates, good morning.

god bless texas aggies everywhere.pplause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> mark warner was the commencement speaker in fairfax, virginia. the former virginia governor talked to the class of 2013 for about 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. president, members of the board of visitors, faculty and staff, family, most importantly graduates, good morning. the first to say congratulations for a job well done. congratulations to the class of 2013. you did it. [applause] i have watched this university grow for over 30 years. back in 1972, when george mason watched, whiledependent there is a lot of success and you want to recognize, two of the original leaders who helped to make this possible, former president alan murphy. i had the opportunity when i was to put together a higher education bond campaign. to newollars went construction right here on fairfax campuses, meaning that you have not only the fastest- growing university in virginia, b