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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta awards the Defense Department's Medal for Distinguished Public Service to Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, during a farewell ceremony in her honor at the Pentagon, Jan. 30, 2012.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta awards the Defense Department's Medal for Distinguished Public Service to Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, during a farewell ceremony in her honor at the Pentagon, Jan. 30, 2012.

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