President Donald Trump will deliver the commencement address to graduates of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy next month.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer announced Trump's participation in the May 17 ceremony in New London, Connecticut, on Wednesday.
This will be President Trump's first visit to Connecticut since taking office in January.
Each year, the president delivers the commencement address at one of the U.S. military service academies.
It will be Trump's second time addressing graduates during commencement season this year.
He's scheduled to deliver the keynote address at graduation exercises at Virginia's Liberty University on May 13.
President Obama addressed the academy's graduates in 2015 and before that in 2011.
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Last year, then-Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson address the U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduates.