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Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, salute after laying wreath at the Pentagon Group Burial Marker during the Patriot Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery on Sept. 11, 2005. The observance honors the victims and families of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon, the Twin Towers in New York, and Flight 93 over Pennsylvania.

Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Richard B. Myers salute after laying wreath at the Pentagon Group Burial Marker.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, salute after laying wreath at the Pentagon Group Burial Marker during the Patriot Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery on Sept. 11, 2005. The observance honors the victims and families of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon, the Twin Towers in New York, and Flight 93 over Pennsylvania.

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