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Director of the Joint Staff Vice Adm. Bill Gortney, U.S. Navy, updates the media at a briefing on Operation Odyssey Dawn from the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2011.

Vice Adm. Bill Gortney updates the media at a briefing on Operation Odyssey Dawn.

Director of the Joint Staff Vice Adm. Bill Gortney, U.S. Navy, updates the media at a briefing on Operation Odyssey Dawn from the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2011.

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