[applause] obama, for your dedicated service to our nation, to the united states air force, and to the united states air force academy, it is with great pride that today's graduating declares you an honorary member of the united states air force academy, the class of 2016. as evidence of that honor, we ask that you accept this painting on behalf of the united states air force academy. [applause] >> sir, we also would like to present you with our class coin as a token of our appreciation. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, mr. david, president of the air force academy foundation will present the distinguished american award. >> mr. president, on behalf of the air force academy foundation, and all the charitable organizations that help support the air force academy, i am pleased to present to you the distinguished american award. thank you for being here today to recognize and honor the next generation of american heroes, their families, and friends. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, brigadier general. >> please be seated. president obama, before presenting the entire graduating class to you, i would like to single

united states, president barack obama. [applause] president obama: hello, air force. thank you so much. thank you. it is wonderful to be back at the united states air force academy. thank you, secretary james, for your service to our air force and to our nation. governor hickenlooper, academy leaders, faculty and staff, especially your outstanding superintendent, lieutenant general michelle johnson. and most of all, congratulations to the class of 2016. [applause] as he prepares to conclude a remarkable 40-year career in the air force, a career that started on this day 40 years ago, please join me in saluting someone who many of you look up to and whose counsel i've relied on as well, chief of staff general mark welsh. thank you, mark. [applause] thank you, mark, and thank you, betty. and although he's not here today, i am proud to have nominated another academy graduate, and a combat-tested pilot, to serve as the 21'st air force chief of staff, general david goldfein. cadets, you can take enormous pride in all the hard work that has brought you to this day. i also ask you to give a big round of applause to all your moms and dads, grandparents, brothers, sisters,

. >>> president obama delivered the commencement dress to the 2016 graduates of the united states air force academyay. the president did not talk about politics during his final commence amount dress of his president thecy in colorado, but he did defend his legacy. obama warned against america isolating itself and dismissing its allies. >> in these uncertain times it is tempting sometimes to pull back and to try to wash our hand of conflict that seem detractable, let other countries fend for themselves, but history teaches us from pearl harbor to 9/11 that ocean as loan cannot protect us. >> reporter: the president told graduates that many threats to the nation's security cannot be solved by military force alone. >>> the national constitution center names congressman john lou ace this is years recipient of the liberty medal. congressman lewis is one of the last surviving leaders of the 1960's civil rights movement. he currently represents georgia's fifth district. the award will honor him for his dedication to civil rights and the constitution, ceremony takes place september the 19th. >>> this next

united states, president barack obama. [applause] president obama: hello, air force. thank you so much. thank you. it is wonderful to be back at the united states air force academy. thank you, secretary james, for your service to our air force and to our nation. governor hickenlooper, academy leaders, faculty and staff, especially your outstanding superintendent, lieutenant general michelle johnson. and most of all, congratulations to the class of 2016. [applause] as he prepares to conclude a remarkable 40-year career in the air force, a career that started on this day 40 years ago, please join me in saluting someone who many of you look up to and whose counsel i've relied on as well, chief of staff general mark welsh. thank you, mark. [applause] thank you, mark, and thank you, betty. and although he's not here today, i am proud to have nominated another academy graduate, and a combat-tested pilot, to serve as the 21'st air force chief of staff, general david goldfein. cadets, you can take enormous pride in all the hard work that has brought you to this day. i also ask you to give a big round of applause to all your moms and dads, grandparents, brothers, sisters,

it's a defining characteristic of the united states, and i spoke earlier of the, how deeply moved the president was of class at the united states air force academy. that's not just a snapshot of the u.s. military, it's a picture of the united states of america. and, again, it doesn't make us weaker, it actually makes us a strongest nation on earth. >> one other thing though. it would seem from what you say then that he would not look kindly on movements like this that would break up the union that is the european union. can i assume that from your remarksesome. >> you can assume that in the wake, in the months leading up to the vet vote that occurred last thursday, the president had the opportunity to weigh in on that decision. obviously, he also made clear in every instance he spoke of that this was a decision by the british people. ultimately, he wanted it to go the other way, but the british people have spoken. i have not heard him articulate views about other countries. >> all right. and then the other thing was there were polls showing out that many britons than not said they would vote leave because of president's remarks than remain, that

air force academy intukting three fighter pilots. and most countries employ women in their armed forces. only a handful australia, germany and israel and united statesowed them to take on combat positions. that's the wrap on fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. i am patty ann brown and this is the fox report. it is the bottom of the hour. if you are just joining us, federal investigators are digging deeper in the life of orlando shooter omar mateen before he killed 49 people. the fbi questioning a man who worshipped in the same mosque. investigators are reportedly pouring over the surveillance video inside of the night club. friends and family and fans say good by to kristina grimmi e. she was shot to death last week after signing autographs after the show. >>> donald trump holding a rally in phoenix, arizona. he spoke out about a plan by delegates to try to deny him the nomination. he called it a hoax. >> the tragedy of orlando is putting the gun control in the middle in washington. this time, congress is promising to take up bills and law makers are hoping for a compromise. garrett teny has more from washington. >> reporter: patty ann, gun con

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united states here. he is in beautiful colorado springs, colorado, today at the u.s. air force academyd had a message on u.s. isolationism. here he was. >> we can't be isolationists. it's not possible in this globalized interconnected world. in these uncertain times, it's tempting sometimes to pull back and to try to wash our hands of conflicts that seem intractable. let other countries fend for themselves. history teaches us from pearl harbor to 9/11 that oceans alone cannot protect us. ha hateful ideologies can spark violence from boston to zashd. you can't stop trading goods and services with other countries. >> i have to bet there's a knock on donald trump and the america first stance. your thoughts on that and why the president never mentions donald trump by name. >> i think the president's trying to be presidential. he's trying to particularly until the conventions. i think that this is something honestly most presidents talked about from time to time. because america is in its dna there's always been an isolationist streak. look. the united states was founded as by people who wa

vision of what the united states need to do to keep a safe part of what we do to have a strong alliances worldwide. i think the president was doing a similar thing at the air force academywhere donald trump is anyone's guess. one day he's saying we need to assassinate the leader of north korea and the next day he wants to talk to the goo and the next day he wants to give south koreans all weapons. this guy is all over the map and suggests that he does not know what he's talking about. what's going on with secretary clinton as it gears up for the fall election and also for president, enough is enough. we got to be clear of what our values are and our foreign policies and why these alliances are important and why the world can continue to rely on us. i think it is kind of a high time, we all kind of stepped it up against this just message of craziness that it is going on in mr. trump's mind. >> at the same time there are many democrats who are viewing along as donald trump. they think donald trump is too much of a hawk and bernie sanders is among them. >> yeah, there are room to talk about whether we should intervene of this country or whether we should have that as a bro

air force academy. i left after i graduated five years and picked up my master's degree and resigned to be an e3 in the united states coast guard because i want to be a rescue swimm swimmer. when you talk about talent in your service, don't judge anybody by how many ribbons, how many stripes, whatever. just engage in conversation and you would be amazed at the talent that is in our midst. what am i doing to train, retain, you know, that talent. that is really the essence of where we need to be focused on going forward. that's just a scene-setter. i know we have open time for open mike here, question and answer. there are some folks that are going to stiump me out there. i want to thank csis again for allowing me to be here this morning. ty so muthank you so much kathi. [ applause ] >> that's great. we'll chat a little bit and open it up. i'm really pleased that you ended there on the human capital piece because i was really st k struck going through the charts beforehand and your conversation about the incredible amount of continue night aity and change coast guard is experiencing. i wonder if you can speak from a m