President Barack Obama joined Secretary Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen for a wreath laying ceremony at the Pentagon.
Honoring those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon, President Barack Obama (2nd from right) joined Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen (left), U.S. Navy, for a wreath laying ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial on Sept. 11, 2009. At the beginning of the ceremony, everyone stood for the playing of the national anthem.