american patriot award to two exceptional americans, the honorable james baker iii and the honorable leon pinettawhose global leadership contributed to democratic ideals, diplomacy, global peace, and there is no doubt about that if you look around the world and all that they have done. the american patriot award symbolizes the national defense university's mission of educating, developing and inspiring strategic leaders to be comprehensive collaborative academic experience to anticipate and confront national and global security challenges. so, the leaders, the men and women of strength, character, of an imaginative, disruptive thinkers who will personally lead the charge in the united states and their respective countries around the world to find new ways to integrate military and civilian, domestic, public and private sectors, new ways to leverage and synchronize the wisdom and knowledge and experience that they've gained to present to the desperate hearts of the national and international security structure forging new partnerships, strengthening existing ones. all of this coming together to ov