Gen. Tommy R. Franks, U.S. Army, commander in chief, U.S. Central Command, and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld brief reporters in the Pentagon on March 6, 2002. Franks and Rumsfeld are updating the media on the progress of Operation Anaconda, a large combat operation involving U.S. and coalition forces underway in the Shahikot Mountains of eastern Afghanistan, near the city of Gardez.