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U.S. Military Academy says it's 'disappointed' in Joakim Noah's statement

Published Oct. 1, 2016 1:30 a.m. ET

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On Friday, we learned that newly-acquired New York Knicks center Joakim Noah declined to join his new teammates at a dinner with U.S. Army cadets because of his passionate personal stance against war and militarism.

In response to Noah's actions, Academy spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Kasker said in a release to New York media: 

Soon after Kasker's statement, the New York Knicks' PR team tweeted out photos of Noah conversing with cadets attending Knicks practice:

Later, Noah told The Wall Street Journal's Chris Herring:

If there wasn't enough to talk about with this team already, there is now...

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