Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainBiden's six best bets in 2016 Trump states Replacing Justice Ginsburg could depend on Arizona's next senator The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy MORE (R-Ariz.) on Monday will address students at the U.S. Naval Academy on leadership and service to the nation, exactly two weeks after remarks in which he spurned “half-baked, spurious nationalism.”



“A Class of 1958 Naval Academy graduate, Senator McCain will discuss the importance of American leadership and service to one’s country,” according to an event notice from McCain’s office.

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McCain on Oct. 16 gave an emotional speech after receiving the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal. In his remarks, he seemed to target actions of President Trump, who later warned in a response to the speech that he will “fight back and it won't be pretty.”

The Arizona lawmaker seemed to continue that rhetoric this week when he, during two media appearances, criticized the system during the Vietnam War that he argued allowed some people to avoid serving in the military. Trump received deferments from serving in the Vietnam War, including one due to bone spurs on his feet.



McCain served in the Navy for more than two decades and spent years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

McCain, a former Navy pilot, will speak at 7 p.m. at the school’s Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Md. The event is not open to the public.