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Secretary Panetta shakes hands with Senior Airman Brian Colasacco.
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta shakes hands with Senior Airman Brian Colasacco after presenting him an Air Force Achievement Medal during a ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., on July 29, 2011. Colassaco received the medal for aiding an Afghani citizen suffering from an open abdominal wound. He took immediate action and employed life-saving care until the arrival of paramedics.

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