Military service as service

Obama apparently spoke a lot about service during his commencement address at Wesleyan. He spoke about his own work in the south side of Chicago, which most people have heard about a few times. He gave examples of types of service that the graduates could do: Peace Corps, "renewable energy," education, poverty, etc.

Bill Kristol notes an omission.

Obama failed to discuss military service at all during the speech.

That's a substantial shortcoming not only on his part, but on the part of his advisers, speech writers, and whoever else might have looked at the speech.

One more reason Obama would benefit from being closer to Jim Webb.