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West Point Chief seeks gender-neutral lyrics

Music – Gen. Franklin Hagenbeck, superintendent of the nation's oldest military academy, says it's time to replace the 'men' and 'sons' in West Point's 2 most beloved songs with more gender-neutral lyrics. He told a congressional oversight committee Wednesday that with more than 3,000 women graduating from West Point since 1976, the change is long overdue.

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