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President Barack Obama speaks at the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2010, on the occasion of the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the building. In the audience are family members of some of the 184 people who lost their lives here on a day very much like this bright, sunny, late summer's day.

President Barack Obama speaks at the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2010, on the occasion of the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the building. In the audience are family members of some of the 184 people who lost their lives here on a day very much like this bright, sunny, late summer's day.

President Barack Obama speaks at the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2010, on the occasion of the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the building. In the audience are family members of some of the 184 people who lost their lives here on a day very much like this bright, sunny, late summer's day.

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