Commandant, first woman at No. 2 slot, begins today

[GreatAmerican]

<p>New No. 2 Focuses On Forging Leaders</p>

<p>Published in the Washington Compost:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101640.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101640.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The week before Capt. Margaret D. Klein became the U.S. Naval Academy’s first female commandant, Marine Maj. Megan M. McClung became the academy’s first female graduate to die in the Iraq conflict.</p>

<p>The week that Klein took office, her boss announced that he was removing himself from consideration of a rape case amid criticism from some alumni about his advocacy of women at the school…

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