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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, gestures to make his point as he responds to a reporter's question during a Pentagon press briefing on Aug. 5, 2003. Myers and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld gave reporters an operational update on Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Gen. Myers gestures to make his point as he responds to a reporter's question during a Pentagon press briefing,

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, gestures to make his point as he responds to a reporter's question during a Pentagon press briefing on Aug. 5, 2003. Myers and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld gave reporters an operational update on Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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