Dr. Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, was named as recipient of the 2010 American Patriot Award given by the National Defense University Foundation. Washington’s most powerful and influential leaders will gather to celebrate his lifetime of patriotism and to witness his receiving this prestigious award at the American Patriot Award Gala on Friday, November 5, 1020 at the Ronald Reagan Building and Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Secretary Gates will be recognized for his outstanding contributions to the intelligence, national security and defense communities throughout his impressive career in government.
Past recipients of the American Patriot Award include former President George H.W. Bush; General Colin Power, Dr. Henry Kissinger, General David H. Patraeus, USA, and the Extraordinary Men and Women of CENTCOM; Senator Bob Dole; Senator John W. Warner and Representative Ike Skelton; Senators Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens; Astronaut and Senator John Glenn; former Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger; and The Men and Women of our Nation’s Defense Team.
For more information on the American Patriot Award and the Gala, please visit www.americanpatriotaward.org and www.NDUFoundation.org/Gates.