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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Defense Department employees gather in the Pentagon courtyard, Sept. 9, 2011, to add stitches to the flag that flew over the World Trade Center during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

ADDING STITCHES

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Defense Department employees gather in the Pentagon courtyard, Sept. 9, 2011, to add stitches to the flag that flew over the World Trade Center during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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