From the event

Freedom Award for NATO Troops

9 Nov 2009

Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, accepted a Freedom Award on behalf of NATO troops during a gala banquet of the Atlantic Council in Berlin November 8, the day before the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Atlantic Council presented Freedom Awards in honour of past and present heroes who defended and advanced the cause of freedom. The recipients are US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (on behalf of the American people), President Vaclav Havel (in absentia - on behalf of the Czech and Slovak peoples), Admiral James Stavridis (on behalf of NATO troops), President Lech Walesa (on behalf of the Polish people), Vice Chancellor Guido Westerwelle (on behalf of the German people) and Mayor Klaus Wowereit (on behalf of the people of Berlin).

 

Recipients of the 2009 Freedom Awards presented by The Atlantic Council, gather on stage after the ceremony on November 8 at the Adlon Hotel in Berlin. The Atlantic Council gives the Freedom Award in honor of past and present heroes who defended and advanced the cause of freedom. The 2009 recipients are US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (on behalf of the American people), German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (on behalf of the German people), Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowerite (on behalf of the German people), Former President of Poland Lech Walesa, Vaclav Havel (in absentia), and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Admiral James Stavridis (on behalf of NATO troops).

Please credit: © SHAPE - Photo by Sgt. Intisar Sabree, SHAPE PAO.
The Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, speaks after receiving the Atlantic Council Freedom Award on behalf of NATO troops on November 8 at the Adlon Hotel in Berlin.

Please credit: © SHAPE - Photo by Sgt. Intisar Sabree, SHAPE PAO.
Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, greets Henry Kissinger at The Atlantic Council Freedom's Challenge Awards Gala on November 8 in Berlin. The Admiral accepted the award on behalf of NATO troops on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall.

Please credit: © SHAPE - Photo by Sgt. Intisar Sabree, SHAPE PAO.