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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gives his remarks after being awarded the 2010 American Patriot Award for outstanding contributions to the intelligence, national security, and defense communities by the National Defense University Foundation at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., Nov. 5, 2010. Gates said he was accepting the award on behalf of all the young men and women in uniform who serve their country in time of war.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gives his remarks after being awarded the 2010 American Patriot Award for outstanding contributions to the intelligence, national security, and defense communities by the National Defense University Foundation at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., Nov. 5, 2010. Gates said he was accepting the award on behalf of all the young men and women in uniform who serve their country in time of war.

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