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Families of the fallen walk among the Pentagon Memorial benches on Sept. 11, 2010 - one bench for each of the 184 people who died at this spot 9 years ago. Many of the children were too young to have any memory of the terrible day itself, but not today came to hear the President of the United States eulogize their relative and say that as we confront the spector of terrorism "we will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust."

Families of the fallen walk among the Pentagon Memorial benches on Sept. 11, 2010 - one bench for each of the 184 people who died at this spot 9 years ago. Many of the children were too young to have any memory of the terrible day itself, but not today came to hear the President of the United States eulogize their relative and say that as we confront the spector of terrorism "we will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust."

Families of the fallen walk among the Pentagon Memorial benches on Sept. 11, 2010 - one bench for each of the 184 people who died at this spot 9 years ago. Many of the children were too young to have any memory of the terrible day itself, but not today came to hear the President of the United States eulogize their relative and say that as we confront the spector of terrorism "we will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust."

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