Washington Post
MIAMI, Florida -- Miami Dade College has been trying to get a president to speak at graduation for nearly a decade, and this year President Bush accepted, using the commencement speech here Saturday to outline his vision of an assimilating America.
The White House saw it as an appropriate setting: With more than 160,000 students, Miami Dade bills itself as one of the largest institutions of higher education in the country, with a diverse student body that includes many children of immigrants. The flags of 64 countries, representing graduates' backgrounds, were carried in the ceremony's opening parade.
Posted by tyne at April 30, 2007