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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Thursday, June 14, toured the soaring skyscraper being built to replace the twin towers destroyed on September 11, 2001, in a poignant visit to mark a new chapter of recovery from the traumatic attack.
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Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial get a view of One World Trade Center, center, Thursday, June 14, 2012 in New York. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the site later Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama look down at the 9/11 Memorial while touring the One World Trade Center building which is under construction in New York June 14, 2012. . REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
One World Trade Center, right, is reflected in the glass surface of the National September 11 Museum, Thursday, June 14, 2012 in New York. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the site later Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Words from U.S. President Barack Obama are seen on a construction beam after he signed it while touring the One World Trade Center building, which is under construction in New York June 14, 2012. The words read \"We remember, We Rebuild, We come back Stronger.\" REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Commuters walk past the World Trade Center construction site and One World Trade Center, center, Thursday, June 14, 2012 in New York. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the site later Thursday. World Trade Center PATH service will be suspended during Obama's visit and PATH trains from Newark will terminate at Grove Street in Jersey City.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Workers at One World Trade Center watch as an American flag, draped on the building's side, flaps in the wind, Thursday, June 14, 2012 in New York. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the site later Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
U.S. President Barack Obama talks with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (C) and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as he tours the One World Trade Center building which is under construction, in New York June 14, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
An American flag, draped on the side of One World Trade Center, flaps in the wind, Thursday, June 14, 2012 in New York. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the site later Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
U.S. President Barack Obama greets workers while touring the One World Trade Center building which is under construction, in New York June 14, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CONSTRUCTION)
A motorcade passes the National September 11 Memorial Thursday, June 14, 2012, in New York. President Barack Obama was touring the 22nd floor of One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, walking along the unfinished cement floor and stopping at easels set up with renderings of what the completed tower will look like. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
A visitor to the National September 11 Memorial get a view of one of the memorial pools and One World Trade Center, center, Thursday, June 14, 2012 in New York. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the site later Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
U.S. President Barack Obama signs a beam while touring the One World Trade Center building which is under construction, in New York June 14, 2012. Seen with Obama are first lady Michelle Obama (2nd R), New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (L) and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque(UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
An American flag is draped on the side of One World Trade Center, Thursday, June 14, 2012 in New York. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the site later Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)