My mother cried when I told her I really didn't want to go to West Point. So I went.

My son's a West Point cadet.

I graduated from West Point in 1974. It was an all-male institution. I went back to teach at West Point in 1984 and found the place far better than it was when I had been a cadet... I attributed a good amount of that to the fact that we opened up the academy to women.

I have therefore concluded to apply for the privilege of becoming a Cadet at West Point.

I am a West Point graduate and an Army veteran.

Remember, I'm West Point, where I was born. My father went there.