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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter presents a Joint Meritorious Unit Award to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency during a ceremony on Fort Belvoir, Va., Jan. 25, 2013.

MERITORIOUS AWARD

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter presents a Joint Meritorious Unit Award to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency during a ceremony on Fort Belvoir, Va., Jan. 25, 2013.

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