Picture of the Day

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates hugs the mother of U.S. Army Pfc. Travis Sigmon at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, June 13, 2007. Minutes before, Gates presented her son with a Purple Heart medal for wounds received in action in Baquba, Iraq, June 6, 2007. (Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby)