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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. speaks during the commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (left) listens at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Raymond Lightbourn (second from right) of Upper Marlboro, Md., salutes during the national anthem at the commemoration of the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon, held at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. Mr. Lightbourn, who attended with his nephew John Allen (second from left) of Clinton, Va., lost his sister Samantha Lightbourn-Allen, Mr. Allen's mother, in the attack on the Pentagon. Reflecting on the past 10 years, Mr. Lightbourn said that "every year opens up the wounds; we relive the experience every time we come here." (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. speaks at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, during the commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Defense Department headquarters. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Adm. Mike Mullen (left), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta; and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stand during the national anthem at the 10th anniversary ceremony of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon outside Washington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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An American flag adorns the edge of the south pool of the Sept. 11 memorial in the World Trade Center site in New York Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the trade center. (AP Photo/Aaron Showalter, Pool)

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Metal beams taken from the World Trade Center stand in front of an American flag during a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at Parc Sans Souci in downtown Lafayette, La. (AP Photo/Leslie Westbrook September 11, 2011

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Vasantha Velamuri, who's husband, Sankara Sastry Velamuri, was killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, mourns at the place where his name is inscribed on the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York during a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Cole, Pool)

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A woman runs her hand over one of the names inscribed on the wall by the north pool of the Sept. 11 memorial, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 in New York, as the public gathered to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/David Handschuh, Pool)

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush bow their heads during a moment of silence at the Sept. 11 10th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony at Ground Zero in New York, Sunday, Sept., 11, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama, foreground, runs his hand along the names on the Sept. 11 memorial as former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama look on during a visit to the memorial during the 10th anniversary ceremony at the site of the World Trade Center Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, in New York. (APP Photo/Timothy A. Clary, Pool)

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President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush greet family members of those who died during the attacks on the World Trade Center at the National September 11 Memorial during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks at World Trade Center, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Former President George W. Bush, left, and former first lady Laura Bush, along with President Barack Obama, second from right, and first lady Michelle Obama along with others, marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, pay their respects at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Former first lady Laura Bush, from left, former President George W. Bush, first lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama hold hands to their hearts during the national anthem as friends and relatives of the victims of 9/11 gather for a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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Vasantha Velamuri, who's husband, Sankara Sastry Velamuri, was killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, mourns at the place where his name is inscribed on the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York during a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Cole, Pool)

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Observing a moment of silence at the National September 11 Memorial in New York on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, are (from right) President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) and former President George W. Bush pause for a moment of silence after laying a wreath at the Pentagon on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right), Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center) and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, participate in a ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at the Pentagon to honor victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Standing for the national anthem at the ceremony in New York on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks are (from lower left) former first lady Laura Bush, former President George W. Bush, first lady Michelle Obama and President Obama. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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President Obama (from right), first lady Michelle Obama, former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush visit the North Memorial Pond at the National Sept. 11th Memorial on Sunday, Sept., 11, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

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Mohammad Mubarez, an Afghan cleric, prays during an event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack on the United States, at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)