Obama leads US in sombre tributes to 9/11 victims

September 11, 2013 21:04

US President Barack Obama today led the nation in remembering the victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks as well as all American soldiers who laid down their lives in subsequent wars in the 12 years since the tragedy.

"Today, we remember not only those who died that September day, we pay solemn tribute to more than 6,700 patriots who have given their full measure since, military and civilians," Obama said in his remarks at a 9/11 observance ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial on the 12th anniversary of the attacks.

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