Former Secretary of State Dr. Henry A. Kissinger addressed the Brigade of Midshipmen on April 11 in the U.S. Naval Academy’s Alumni Hall. Kissinger served as the keynote speaker for the 47th annual Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC). In his address to the Navy and Marine Corps’ future officers, Kissinger compared his experiences as a college professor and a policy maker. He explained that professors can choose their subjects and spend as much time studying those subjects as they wish, while policy makers must deal with the subjects they are dealt, with no control over the timing. “Politicians, unlike professors, are responsible for not only the best that can happen but for the worst that can happen,” said Kissinger.