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Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld calls on a reporter during a Pentagon press conference on April 9, 2003. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, briefed reporters on the progress of Operation Iraqi Freedom, which is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Secretary Rumsfeld calls on a reporter during a Pentagon press conference on Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld calls on a reporter during a Pentagon press conference on April 9, 2003. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, briefed reporters on the progress of Operation Iraqi Freedom, which is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.

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