--- title: Barack Obama at Naval Academy: Commencement Address description: Read Barack Obama's commencement speech at the United States Naval Academy in 2013. canonical: https://time.com/4341765/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-u-s-naval-academy/ author: Barack Obama article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-02T18:33:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:41:16.590Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Obama's Commencement Address at the U.S. Naval Academy in 2013 og:description: "I’ll keep fighting for the capabilities and technologies you need to prevail" og:url: https://time.com/4341765/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-u-s-naval-academy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt489bc599cae87b98/698893eecd1bba372a700c0e/obama-naval-academy-2013.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Obama Speaks At U.S. Naval Academy Graduation og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Obama's Commencement Address at the U.S. Naval Academy in 2013 twitter:description: "I’ll keep fighting for the capabilities and technologies you need to prevail" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt489bc599cae87b98/698893eecd1bba372a700c0e/obama-naval-academy-2013.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Obama's Commencement Address at the U.S. Naval Academy in 2013  by [Barack Obama](https://time.com/author/barack-obama/)  ## Barack Obama Jun 2, 2016 6:33 PM UTC  President Barack Obama speaks during the U.S. Naval Academy Graduation on May 24, 2013 in Annapolis, Maryland. President Barack Obama speaks during the U.S. Naval Academy Graduation on May 24, 2013 in Annapolis, Maryland.Pool/Getty Images  by [Barack Obama](https://time.com/author/barack-obama/)  ## Barack Obama Jun 2, 2016 6:33 PM UTC Here are the [full remarks](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/24/remarks-president-united-states-naval-academy-commencement) from Obama’s speech at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 2013. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4341765/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-u-s-naval-academy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4341765/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-u-s-naval-academy/"},"headline":"Read President Obama's Commencement Address at the U.S. Naval Academy in 2013","datePublished":"2016-06-02T18:33:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:41:16.590Z","description":"\"I’ll keep fighting for the capabilities and technologies you need to prevail\"","url":"https://time.com/4341765/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-u-s-naval-academy/","keywords":["Barack Obama","White House","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt489bc599cae87b98/698893eecd1bba372a700c0e/obama-naval-academy-2013.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Barack Obama","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/barack-obama/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt489bc599cae87b98/698893eecd1bba372a700c0e/obama-naval-academy-2013.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obama Speaks At U.S. Naval Academy Graduation","caption":"Obama Speaks At U.S. Naval Academy Graduation","creditText":"Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4341765/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-u-s-naval-academy/","name":"Read President Obama's Commencement Address at the U.S. Naval Academy in 2013"}}]}] ```