Obama, Panetta Honor Dunn, Lugar for Nuclear Nonproliferation Work

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • President Barack Obama thanks U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana, center right, and former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, center, for their work to help denuclearize countries after the fall of the Soviet Union at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • President Barack Obama thanks U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana and former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia for their work to help denuclearize countries after the fall of the Soviet Union at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana listens as President Barack Obama thanks him and former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia for their work to help denuclearize countries after the fall of the Soviet Union at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, center, and Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, listen to President Barack Obama as U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana and former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia are honored for their work in denuclearization at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter addresses U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana, left, and former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, center, at the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Symposium at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter thanks U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana and former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia for their work to help denuclearize countries after the fall of the Soviet Union at the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Symposium at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta introduces President Barack Obama at a ceremony to thank former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia and U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana for their work to help denuclearize countries after the fall of the Soviet Union at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. Panetta presented Nunn and Lugar with the Defense Civilian Service Award, the highest award the Defense Department can give a civilian. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta addresses the annual Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Symposium at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta presents U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana with the Defense Civilian Service Award, the highest award the Defense Department can give a civilian, for his work in denuclearization at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta poses with U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana, left, and former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, right, as they are honored for their work to help denuclearize countries after the fall of the Soviet Union at the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Symposium at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. Panetta presented the two with the Defense Civilian Service Award, the highest award the Defense Department can give a civilian. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta thanks former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia for his work in denuclearization during the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Symposium at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana, right, and former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, left, are recognized for their work in denuclearization at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta share a laugh outside the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Symposium at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo