Photo Essays
Gates Honored at BENS Award Dinner
Left to Right, President and Chief Executive Officer of Business Executives for National Security retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Boyd), U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Erik Pittman, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Innis, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore DiGaetano, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Radford, and Joseph E. Robert, Jr., chairman of the Board of Directors of BENS, take a group photo during the BENS Eisenhower Award Dinner honoring Gates in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shares a laugh with retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, president and founder, Scowcroft Group, before the start of the Business Executives for National Security Eisenhower Award Dinner in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008. Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board, Business Executives for National Security Sidney Harmon begins the ceremony for the Eisenhower Award Dinner honoring Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008. President and chief executive officer of Business Executives for National Security, retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Boyd presents an award for exceptional service to the country to U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Erik Pittman, during the BENS Eisenhower Award Dinner honoring Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore DiGaetano, right, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Radford, center, and U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Erik Pittman, receive awards for exceptional service to the country during the Business Executives for National Security Eisenhower Award Dinner honoring U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008. Also awarded was U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Innis, not pictured.Retired U. S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, president and founder, Scowcroft Group addresses the audience during the Business Executives for National Security Eisenhower Award Dinner honoring Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the Business Executives for National Security Eisenhower Award Dinner in his honor in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the Business Executives for National Security Eisenhower Award Dinner in his honor in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the Business Executives for National Security Eisenhower Award Dinner in his honor in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008. Joseph E. Robert, Jr., chairman of the Board of Directors of the Business Executives for National Security, thanks the guests for attending the Eisenhower Award Dinner honoring Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board Sidney Harmon looks on in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008.
Left to Right, President and Chief Executive Officer of Business Executives for National Security retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Boyd), U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Erik Pittman, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Innis, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore DiGaetano, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Radford, and Joseph E. Robert, Jr., chairman of the Board of Directors of BENS, take a group photo during the BENS Eisenhower Award Dinner honoring Gates in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen