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Gen. Myers and Secretary Rumsfeld conduct an operational update briefing on Operation Enduring Freedom.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (left), U.S. Air Force, and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) conduct an operational update briefing on Operation Enduring Freedom in the Pentagon on Oct. 22, 2001. Myers briefed reporters about the air strikes in Afghanistan and the dropping of humanitarian daily rations to Afghan refugees. Over 700,000 rations have been dropped over Afghanistan since the beginning of the operation.