Asia Society Washington 2010 Annual Dinner

Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (3rd from left), receives the Public Policy Award on behalf of the U.S. Armed Forces. From L to R: Asia Society Washington Chairman Leo. A. Daly III and Lockheed VP for Global Security Policy Bill Inglee; and Asia Society President Vishakha N. Desai during Asia Society Washington's Annual Dinne, June 9, 2010, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington DC. (Les Talusan/Asia Society)

Bill Inglee, Vice President of Global Security Policy, Lockheed Martin Washington Operations. (Les Talusan/Asia Society)

Mr. Daly and Ambassador Melanne S. Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, with Humanitarian Service Awardee Minister Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, State Minister of Women's and Children's Affairs, Bangladesh. (Les Talusan/Asia Society)

Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Les Talusan/Asia Society)

Presenting the International Business Leadership Award. (Les Talusan/Asia Society)

Silk Road Dance Company performing the dance, "Tulips of Tajikistan". (Les Talusan/Asia Society)

Ambassador Elizabeth F. Bagley, Special Representative for Global Partnerships, Global Partnership Initiative, Office of the Secretary of State. (Les Talusan/Asia Society)

Dan Kong, CITIC Group Chairman and International Business Leadership Awardee, with Leo Daly. (Les Talusan/Asia Society)

Ambassador Melanne S. Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. (Les Talusan/Asia Society)

Mr. Daly and Ms. Henrietta Fore, Chairman & CEO of Holsman International, flank Ms. Tae Yoo, Sr. Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Cisco Systems (who received the Global Leadership Award on behalf of Mr. John Chambers, Chairman & CEO, Cisco Systems). (Les Talusan/Asia Society)

The Asia Society Washington 2010 Annual Dinner was held June 9, 2010, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington DC. (Les Talusan/Asia Society)

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WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2010 - More than 350 guests, including dignitaries and diplomats from more than 20 countries and the US Congress, attended Asia Society Washington's 2010 Annual Dinner, at the Ritz-Carlton.

Featured speakers at the gala included Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff,bwho also received the received the Public Policy Award on behalf of America's two million armed forces. Chairman of CITIC Group Dan Kong, Chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems John Chambers, and Bangladesh State Minister of Women and Children Affairs Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury were also recognized with leadership awards.

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The Asia Society Washington 2010 Awards Dinner was underwritten by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, and received generous support from major corporate sponsors, including Bank of America Merill Lynch, Chevron, Hutchinson Whampoa, Lockheed Martin, Bechtel, Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola, Honeywell, McLarty Associates, Mitsubishi International Corporation, Cisco Systems, Hitachi, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office, HSBC Bank USA, Steptoe & Johnson, Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office, ConocoPhillips and the Royal Thai Embassy. Asia Society friends Grega Gustafson Daly, Henrietta Holsman Fore and Michael Gaughan also supported the dinner generously.