Phnom Penh (FN), Jan. 7 – West Point's public affairs specialist Francis J DeMaro Jr. responded directly to Fresh News CEO Lim Chea Vutha’s email on lieutenant general Hun Manet’s degree from West Point Military Academy.

“In the past, former leader of the Cambodian opposition party Sam Rainsy mentioned that Hun Manet’s degree received from the West Point Military Academy is a “second-class degree”. On 5 January 2022, Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen requested the United States to certify the quality of Hun Manet's degree. We would like to know if there is a second-class degree as Rainsy mentioned,” Vutha wrote in an email.

“Everyone that graduates from the US Military Academy receives a Bachelor’s of Science degree. There is no differentiation or different requirements for international cadets,” Francis J DeMaro Jr. wrote in the email.
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