Obama Visits Ground Zero
Obama’s low-key appearance at the Twin Towers site today has finally neutralized the area blatantly politicized by the GOP. Michael Tomasky on why it doesn’t belong to either party.
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President Obama hugs Diane Wall, wife of Glen James Wall who died at the World Trade Center attack, after laying a wreath at the National Sept. 11 Memorial at ground zero in New York
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President Barack Obama observes a moment of silence after placing a wreath at the World Trade Center site.
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President Obama lays a wreath at the 9/11 Memorial in New York on May 5, 2011.
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President Obama arrives with staff where he will lay a wreath at ground zero on May 5, 2011.
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A view of construction at the World Trade Center site on May 5, 2011 in New York City.
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President Obama meets with police officers and first responders at the First Precinct before visiting the National Sept. 11 Memorial at ground zero in New York, May 5, 2011.
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President Obama addresses firefighters at the Midtown Firehouse (Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9) in New York on May 5, 2011 after arriving in New York to participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial.
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President Obama views a memorial honoring deceased members of the New York City Fire Department at the Engine 54 firehouse on May 5, 2011 in New York City.
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President Obama steps off Air Force One at JFK Airport in New York, May 5, 2011, en route to ground zero.
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Vice President Biden lays a wreath during a ceremony to honor the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack at the Pentagon, on May 5, 2011.
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New York City police officers stand guard outside ground zero ahead of President Obama's visit, May 5, 2011.
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A U.S. soldier walks by newspaper clippings on a wall at ground zero heralding the death of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011.
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