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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta watches as keynote speaker Rev. Samuel "Billy" Kyles, a civil rights activist, speaks about the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated during the 27th annual ceremony to honor King at the Pentagon, Jan. 26, 2012.

HONORING KING

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta watches as keynote speaker Rev. Samuel "Billy" Kyles, a civil rights activist, speaks about the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated during the 27th annual ceremony to honor King at the Pentagon, Jan. 26, 2012.

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