Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, right rear, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, left rear, lead the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa. From foreground left, are Campbell Peterson, and Peyton Peterson, grandsons of Flight 93 passengers Donald Peterson and Jean Hoadley Peterson, and Sarah Wainio, sister of Flight 93 passenger Honor Elizabeth Wainio. Plans are for the memorial to be dedicated on Sept. 11, 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, right rear, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, left rear, lead the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa. From foreground left, are Campbell Peterson, and Peyton Peterson, grandsons of Flight 93 passengers Donald Peterson and Jean Hoadley Peterson, and Sarah Wainio, sister of Flight 93 passenger Honor Elizabeth Wainio. Plans are for the memorial to be dedicated on Sept. 11, 2011.

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  2. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell talks about a meeting he had with New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie and Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Guadagno Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Fairless Hills, N.J. Rendell met with Christie and Guadagno to talk about marketing tourism, regional economic development and plans to deepen the Delaware River shipping channel.
  3. New Jersey Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Guadagno, left, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, right, listen as New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie answers a question Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Fairless Hills, N.J. Rendell met with Christie and Guadagno to talk about marketing tourism, regional economic development and plans to deepen the Delaware River shipping channel.
  4. New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie, center, and Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Guadagno, left, listen as Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, right, answers a question Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Fairless Hills, N.J. Rendell met with Christie and Guadagno to talk about marketing tourism, regional economic development and plans to deepen the Delaware River shipping channel.
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  7. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, center, shows off his American Flag covered tie to Jim Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, left, and David Klinepeter portraying Ward Hill Lamon, before a program on the 146th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address at Soldiers' National Cemetery in, Gettysburg, Pa., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  8. Gov. Ed Rendell answers questions as Mayor Michael Nutter, back center, and Union president Willie Brown, far left, listen during a news conference announcing that the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority had reached an agreement with its largest labor union on new contract provisions to end the strike on Monday, Nov. 09, 2009, in Philadelphia.
  9. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar sits for an interview as part of the Reuters Global Climate and Alternative Energy Summit in Washington September 8, 2009. Despite Washington's nearly single-minded focus on healthcare reform, the Obama administration still expects the U.S. Senate to pass climate change legislation, Salazar said on Tuesday.
  10. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, rear, embraces Sarah Wainio, sister of Flight 93 passenger Honor Elizabeth Wainio, right, with Campbell Peterson, left, and Peyton Peterson, grandsons of Flight 93 passengers Donald Peterson and Jean Hoadley Peterson, after taking part in the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa.. Plans are to dedicate the memorial on Sept. 11, 2011.
  11. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, right rear, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, left rear, lead the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa. From foreground left, are Campbell Peterson, and Peyton Peterson, grandsons of Flight 93 passengers Donald Peterson and Jean Hoadley Peterson, and Sarah Wainio, sister of Flight 93 passenger Honor Elizabeth Wainio. Plans are for the memorial to be dedicated on Sept. 11, 2011.
  12. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, left, makes remarks before leading the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa.. The dedication for the memorial is targeted for Sept. 11, 2011.
  13. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, left, makes remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa. The flag in the field , right rear, marks the crash site of United Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001. Plans are to dedicate the new memorial on Sept. 11, 2011.
  14. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, right, and Joanne Hanley, superintendent of the Flight 93 National Memorial, pause for the invocation during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa. The flag in the background marks the crash site of United Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001.
  15. Deborah Borza, mother of Flight 93 passenger Deora Bodley, right, hugs Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar after the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa.
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