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A soldier escorts first lady Michelle Obama from the motorcade to the Pentagon Memorial just before the 9/11 Remembrance ceremony Sept. 11, 2009. President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke at the event to families of the victims at the Pentagon.

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A soldier escorts first lady Michelle Obama from the motorcade to the Pentagon Memorial just before the 9/11 Remembrance ceremony Sept. 11, 2009. President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke at the event to families of the victims at the Pentagon.

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