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Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the audience assembled at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2006 to mark the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the famous building that serves as the headquarters of the Department of Defense.

Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the audience assembled at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2006 to mark the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the famous building that serves as the headquarters of the Department of Defense.

Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the audience assembled at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2006 to mark the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the famous building that serves as the headquarters of the Department of Defense.

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