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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (right), U.S. Air Force, and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld give reporters an operational update in the Pentagon on March 11, 2003. Myers briefed reporters about yesterday's three air strikes in support of Operation Southern Watch, which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq.

Gen. Myers and Secretary Rumsfeld give reporters an operational update in the Pentagon.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (right), U.S. Air Force, and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld give reporters an operational update in the Pentagon on March 11, 2003. Myers briefed reporters about yesterday's three air strikes in support of Operation Southern Watch, which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq.

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