Defense Secretary Ash Carter meets with recipients of the Defense Department's inaugural Nunn-Lugar Trailblazer Award before a ceremony commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., May 9, 2016. Left to right, recipients include: Laura Holgate, Susan Koch, Gloria Duffy and Jane Wales. The recipients helped implement the Nunn-Lugar program and create a foundation to secure nuclear material around the world. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall also received the Trailblazer award, but was unable to attend. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz