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Director of the Joint Staff Vice Adm. William E. Gortney conducts a press briefing in the Pentagon on March 19, 2011. Gortney announced that coalition forces have launched Operation Odyssey Dawn to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973.

Vice Adm. William E. Gortney conducts a press briefing in the Pentagon.

Director of the Joint Staff Vice Adm. William E. Gortney conducts a press briefing in the Pentagon on March 19, 2011. Gortney announced that coalition forces have launched Operation Odyssey Dawn to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973.

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