Panetta Accepts Distinguished Public Service Award
Panetta Accepts Distinguished Public Service Award
By Amaani Lyle
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2012 – During his acceptance speech for the Edmund S. Muskie Distinguished Public Service Award at the National Press Club here yesterday, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said the nation’s long-term security and prosperity depend upon a sound budget strategy and diplomatic ties.
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks with Wolf Blitzer, CNN’s lead political anchor, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., June 21, 2012, where Panetta received the Edmund S. Muskie Distinguished Public Service Award from the Center for National Policy. The award honors Muskie, who died in 1996, for his service in the Navy, as governor of Maine, as U.S. senator and as U.S. Secretary of State. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
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