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Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, director of the Joint Staff, updates the press on Operation Odyssey Dawn at the Pentagon, March 20, 2011. Gortney said coalition forces launched the operation to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which protects the Libyan people from their ruler.

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Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, director of the Joint Staff, updates the press on Operation Odyssey Dawn at the Pentagon, March 20, 2011. Gortney said coalition forces launched the operation to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which protects the Libyan people from their ruler.

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