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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Eric who wrote (1569882)11/4/2025 11:18:36 AM
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Nope.

At West Point, cadets did take an oath, but it was an oath of allegiance to the United States, not specifically to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.” That exact phrasing comes from the Presidential Oath of Office, not the military one.

The cadet oath in Robert E. Lee’s era (1820s) required allegiance to the United States and obedience to the President and officers appointed over them.

When Lee became an officer in the U.S. Army, he would have taken a similar officer’s oath to “bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America” and to “obey the orders of the President.”

Lee swore an oath of allegiance to the U.S. and its Constitution.

Lee did not take the Presidential oath wording, “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.”

In short: yes, Lee took an oath to uphold the Constitution, but not in those exact words.
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