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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, receives the Dean Acheson Award from Richard H. Solomon, left, president of the United States Institute of Peace, and J. Robinson West, center, chairman of the institute's board of directors, after delivering remarks at the 5th annual Dean Acheson Lecture on “The Practice of Partnership in the 21st Century” in Washington, D.C., June 28, 2012.

ACHESON AWARD

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, receives the Dean Acheson Award from Richard H. Solomon, left, president of the United States Institute of Peace, and J. Robinson West, center, chairman of the institute's board of directors, after delivering remarks at the 5th annual Dean Acheson Lecture on “The Practice of Partnership in the 21st Century” in Washington, D.C., June 28, 2012.

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