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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace (right), U.S. Marine Corps, addresses the audience during a ceremony observing the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2007. Pace joined Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates in laying a wreath in memory of the 184 people who lost their lives at the Pentagon in the attack.

Gen. Peter Pace addresses the audience.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace (right), U.S. Marine Corps, addresses the audience during a ceremony observing the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2007. Pace joined Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates in laying a wreath in memory of the 184 people who lost their lives at the Pentagon in the attack.

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