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President Barack Obama addresses the audience at a ceremony commemorating the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2012. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, right, hosted the president for the Pentagon Ceremony.

President Barack Obama addresses the audience

President Barack Obama addresses the audience at a ceremony commemorating the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2012. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, right, hosted the president for the Pentagon Ceremony.

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