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Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, render honors during the playing of taps at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial, May 5, 2011. Those looking on included a group of first responders from the Arlington County Fire Department and about 100 family members of those who perished in the attack.

RENDERING HONORS

Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, render honors during the playing of taps at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial, May 5, 2011. Those looking on included a group of first responders from the Arlington County Fire Department and about 100 family members of those who perished in the attack.

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