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To The Class Of 2005...

Hamid Karzai

Boston University

Excerpt: The Afghan president blamed "national interests" for years of misery in his country, and urged graduates to reject that way of thinking: "After all, it is our humanity that ultimately brings us together while the pursuit of narrow interests divide us all."

Photo: Karzai addresses Boston University graduates, May 22, 2005, in Boston.  (Photo: AP)