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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, answers a reporter's question on the first actions against Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom during a Pentagon press briefing on March 20, 2003. Myers and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld updated reporters on last night's rapid strike on a target of opportunity in Baghdad.

Gen. Myers answers a reporter's question on the first actions against Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, answers a reporter's question on the first actions against Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom during a Pentagon press briefing on March 20, 2003. Myers and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld updated reporters on last night's rapid strike on a target of opportunity in Baghdad.

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