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Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. speaks with Katherine Winn, a family member of Gen. George C. Marshall, during the George C. Marshall Foundation Award presentation at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Oct. 16, 2009. Defense Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates received the award for a lifetime of distinguished service to his country and his focused, bipartisan leadership of two of the nation's most important institutions, the Defense Department and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. speaks with Katherine Winn, a family member of Gen. George C. Marshall, during the George C. Marshall Foundation Award presentation at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Oct. 16, 2009. Defense Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates received the award for a lifetime of distinguished service to his country and his focused, bipartisan leadership of two of the nation's most important institutions, the Defense Department and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. speaks with Katherine Winn, a family member of Gen. George C. Marshall, during the George C. Marshall Foundation Award presentation at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Oct. 16, 2009. Defense Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates received the award for a lifetime of distinguished service to his country and his focused, bipartisan leadership of two of the nation's most important institutions, the Defense Department and the Central Intelligence Agency.

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