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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta shakes hands with keynote speaker Rev. Samuel "Billy" Kyles after he delivered a speech during the 27th annual ceremony to honor Martin Luther King Jr. at the Pentagon, Jan. 26, 2012. Kyles, a civil rights activist, knew King and was in his presence when he was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., April 4, 1968.

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta shakes hands with keynote speaker Rev. Samuel "Billy" Kyles after he delivered a speech during the 27th annual ceremony to honor Martin Luther King Jr. at the Pentagon, Jan. 26, 2012. Kyles, a civil rights activist, knew King and was in his presence when he was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., April 4, 1968.

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