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Defense Secretary Ash Carter accepts the Center for the National Interest’s 2015 Distinguished Service Award from Zalmay Khalilzad, a member of the center’s board of directors, and Graham Allison, a member of its advisory council, in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2015.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter accepts the Center for the National Interest’s 2015 Distinguished Service Award from Zalmay Khalilzad, a member of the center’s board of directors, and Graham Allison, a member of its advisory council, in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2015.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter accepts the Center for the National Interest’s 2015 Distinguished Service Award from Zalmay Khalilzad, a member of the center’s board of directors, and Graham Allison, a member of its advisory council, in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2015.

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