“Again, I congratulate Milla Santapaola on this impressive accomplishment.”
“Again, I congratulate Holden Schoen on this impressive accomplishment.”
“I do not doubt that she will succeed in her future academic and military career.”
“I am confident that Milla's time in Annapolis will be similarly impactful for her.”
“I am confident that Holden's time at this incredible institution will be similarly impactful for him.”
“Nominating young people to our service academies is one of my greatest honors as a Member of Congress.”

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On the recordJuly 14, 2009
We tend to take these incidents as isolated incidents, and we resolve the incident, and then we dismiss it, and we say things are fine.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia
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Senator Webb discusses the misinterpretation of isolated incidents as a lack of ongoing issues.

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