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Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, right, presents the 2014 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals to Ben Tran, left, and Sean Young, center, for their work in the field of national security and international affairs at the Sammie Awards national gala in Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2014.

SAMMIE AWARDS

Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, right, presents the 2014 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals to Ben Tran, left, and Sean Young, center, for their work in the field of national security and international affairs at the Sammie Awards national gala in Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2014.

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