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President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates participate in a 9/11 commemoration ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2009. It marks the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed 59 passengers onboard hijacked American Airlines flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon to kill 125 inside.

PENTAGON COMMEMORATION

President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates participate in a 9/11 commemoration ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2009. It marks the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed 59 passengers onboard hijacked American Airlines flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon to kill 125 inside.

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