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Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, talks with Vice President Joe Biden, right, after a memorial wreath laying ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial May 5, 2011, in honor of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack. Rumsfeld was the secretary of defense at the time of the attack and helped carry wounded employees to safety that day.

Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, talks with Vice President Joe Biden, right, after a memorial wreath laying ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial May 5, 2011, in honor of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack. Rumsfeld was the secretary of defense at the time of the attack and helped carry wounded employees to safety that day.

Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, talks with Vice President Joe Biden, right, after a memorial wreath laying ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial May 5, 2011, in honor of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack. Rumsfeld was the secretary of defense at the time of the attack and helped carry wounded employees to safety that day.

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