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President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, Deanie Dempsey and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lay a wreath to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2012.

CEREMONIAL WREATH

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, Deanie Dempsey and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lay a wreath to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2012.

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