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Senior Defense Department officials stand with the families of the those killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, as they listen to the remarks of President Barack Obama during a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial, Sept. 11, 2010. The ceremony marked the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attack that killed 184 people near this spot in 2001.

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Senior Defense Department officials stand with the families of the those killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, as they listen to the remarks of President Barack Obama during a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial, Sept. 11, 2010. The ceremony marked the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attack that killed 184 people near this spot in 2001.

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