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Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter, left, congratulates Kevin S. Noel after presenting him with the Department of Defense David O. Cooke Excellence in Public Administration Award during a Pentagon ceremony, Nov. 4, 2011. Noel is a B-2 avionics program manager at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center. The award is named in honor of the late David O. Cooke who served as director of administration and management and mayor of the Pentagon for 40 years.

COOKE AWARD

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter, left, congratulates Kevin S. Noel after presenting him with the Department of Defense David O. Cooke Excellence in Public Administration Award during a Pentagon ceremony, Nov. 4, 2011. Noel is a B-2 avionics program manager at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center. The award is named in honor of the late David O. Cooke who served as director of administration and management and mayor of the Pentagon for 40 years.

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