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Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, left, and Dr. Ward Casscells, right, assistant secretary of defense Health Affairs, present the award for the best community drug awareness program in the National Guard Bureau to the Montgomery, Alabama National Guard Counterdrug Program and the Drug Demand Reduction program during the 18th Annual Secretary of Defense Drug Awareness Award ceremony at the Pentagon, Oct. 24, 2008.

ENGLAND PRESENTS AWARDS

Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, left, and Dr. Ward Casscells, right, assistant secretary of defense Health Affairs, present the award for the best community drug awareness program in the National Guard Bureau to the Montgomery, Alabama National Guard Counterdrug Program and the Drug Demand Reduction program during the 18th Annual Secretary of Defense Drug Awareness Award ceremony at the Pentagon, Oct. 24, 2008.

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