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WASHINGTON, May 28, 2006 – Hundreds of servicemembers recently back from overseas deployments were honored with a picnic in the Pentagon’s parking lot today.
“America Supports You,” a Defense Department program that highlights how Americans across the country are supporting U.S. troops, sponsored the picnic.
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Allison Barber, deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, honored two America Supports You corporate sponsors during the picnic. Keith Sirios, president and chief executive officer of Checkers/Rally’s fast food restaurant, and Scott Celley, vice president for external affairs for TriWest Healthcare Alliance, each received an American flag that had flown over the area of the Pentagon that was hit by an airliner on Sept. 11, 2001.