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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience at the Pentagon Memorial, Sept. 11, 2010, as President Barack Obama stands by his side during a ceremony marking the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience at the Pentagon Memorial, Sept. 11, 2010, as President Barack Obama stands by his side during a ceremony marking the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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