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Thursday, 25 October 2007 |
Original Source: Armed Forces Press Service
Gates Accepts Award, Extols Virtues of Public ServiceBy John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2007 – Americans who fill the ranks of public service -- the nation’s military members, elected officials, teachers and nurses -- are driven by the romantic and optimistic ideal that they can improve the world, the Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.
Former President George H.W. Bush and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates share a laugh aboard an Air Force flight to College Station, Texas, Oct. 26, 2007. Later at Texas A&M University, where Gates had been president before he took office as defense secretary, Bush presented Gates with the George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service. Photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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