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President Obama Set to Observe 9/11 Anniversary

   VOA News 11 September 2010

   U.S.  President  Barack Obama will join Defense Secretary Robert Gates
   at  the  Pentagon,  the  U.S. military headquarters, on Saturday for a
   memorial  service  marking  the ninth anniversary of the September 11,
   2001, terrorist attacks.
   In  his weekly address, President Obama designated Saturday a National
   Day  of  Service  and Remembrance to honor the nearly 3,000 people who
   lost their lives. Â
   Mr.  Obama said if there is any lesson to be drawn on the anniversary,
   it  is  that  the United States is one nation and one people united by
   common ideals.
   He  also  said  by  serving  people  in need, Americans reaffirm their
   ideals in defiance of those who would harm the United States. Â
   In  New  York,  the  names of the 2,752 people who died in the attacks
   will  be read out loud by family members.  There will also be moments
   of  silence  when  the first hijacked plane and then the second struck
   the  twin towers of the World Trade Center, and then later marking the
   times when the two buildings collapsed.
   Events  are  being held across the country to honor the victims.  The
   official  commemoration in New York will be attended by Vice President
   Joe  Biden while first lady Michelle Obama and former first lady Laura
   Bush  are  traveling  to  Shanksville,  Pennsylvania, where the fourth
   hijacked plane crashed.
   In  the weekly Republican address, Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, said it
   is  important  to differentiate between militant Islamist ideology and
   the  Muslim faith practiced by more than one billion people around the
   world.
   President  Obama  said  the  search  for Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida
   leader  considered  the  mastermind  of  the  attacks,  remains a high
   priority,  as  well  as  locating  al-Qaida's second-in-command, Ayman
   al-Zawahiri.   He  said  the  United  States  has  been successful in
   increasing   pressure   on  both  men,  forcing  them  to  go  further
   underground.

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