Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, joined by Vice Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady, led a Pentagon observance ceremony with staff, Tuesday, to honor those who died during the 9/11 attacks 23 years ago.
By Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. is remembering the lives taken and those reshaped by 9/11, marking an anniversary laced this year with presidential campaign politics.
Sept. 11 — the date when hijacked plane attacks killed nearly 3,000 people in 2001 — falls in the thick of the presidential election season every four years, and it comes at an especially pointed moment this time.
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