WASHINGTON (AP)— Eight years after the 9/11 attacks, President Barack Obama says the nation "will never falter" in its pursuit of al-Qaida and its allies.
Obama placed a wreath under rainy skies at the Pentagon Friday in memory of those who died there on Sept. 11, 2001.
Obama says the nation came together as one after the terror attacks, "united not only in our grief but in our resolve to stand up for the country we love."
Obama says that renewal of common purpose is the strongest rebuke against the terrorist attackers.
He then met with families of the victims at the Pentagon, where 184 people died.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observed a moment of silence in honor of 9/11 victims outside the White House as a single bugler played taps.
A Washington rain came to a stop as the observance began at 8:46 a.m., the moment the first jetliner struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. About 150 White House staffers stood in silence around the Obamas.
Later Friday morning, Obama is taking part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial at the Pentagon, where 184 people were killed.
Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are to meet with victims' relatives.
In New York, Vice President Joseph Biden laid flowers at the memorial at the site of the World Trade Center attack.
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19 fuckers with box cutters who couldn't fly a cessna, boarded the plane, crashed into the towers with precision and somehow managed to avoid having their names on the passaenger manifest. A first!
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