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Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Boyd, left, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, right, daughter of former President Richard Nixon, present the the Nixon Center Distinguished Service Award to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during a dinner in his honor in Washington, D.C., Feb. 24, 2010.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Boyd, left, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, right, daughter of former President Richard Nixon, present the the Nixon Center Distinguished Service Award to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during a dinner in his honor in Washington, D.C., Feb. 24, 2010.

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