Harris to become first woman to deliver US Military Academy commencement address

Kamala Harris will deliver the address at West Point (Rebecca Blackwell/AP/PA)

Vice President Kamala Harris is to become the first woman to deliver a commencement address at the US Military Academy, an institution that has made slow progress diversifying its ranks in the four decades since the first class of female cadets graduated.

This year some 950 men and women are expected to take part in the graduation ceremony on Saturday in West Point, New York.