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At the Pentagon, Trump ties the legacy of 9/11 to his Iran war

President Donald Trump spoke at a solemn Pentagon ceremony marking the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and edged close to embracing policies he has long criticized.

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President Donald Trump on Friday delivered words of comfort at a solemn Pentagon ceremony marking the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and edged close to embracing policies he has long criticized — a measure of the distance he has traveled since deploying U.S. military power in the six-month-old war in Iran.

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