31.   Annan made his comments at a news conference before giving a commencement speech at his alma mater, Macalester College.

32.   Ashcroft came under fire for accepting an honorary degree and giving the commencement speech at Bob Jones University, which once opposed interracial marriages and dating.

33.   Clinton spoke at the academy under a tradition that the commander in chief delivers the commencement speech at one of the military service academies each year.

34.   Even U.S. President Bill Clinton hailed the work at a commencement speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the very next day.

35.   Neas noted Ashcroft accepted an honorary degree and gave the commencement speech at Bob Jones University, which until recently opposed interracial marriage and dating.

36.   On Sunday, in a commencement speech at Tufts University, Albright criticized President Bush and his foreign policy advisers.

37.   President Bush will deliver two commencement speeches next month, the White House announced Tuesday.

38.   The planned commencement speech of an American Muslim student is sparking a protest from some Harvard University students, who want the speech to condemn terrorism.

39.   The word jihad will be dropped from the title of the commencement speech of an American Muslim student at Harvard University.

40.   The White House released the letter Saturday from Portland, Oregon, where Clinton delivered the commencement speech at Portland State University.