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Secretary Rumsfeld answers a reporter's question on the first actions against Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld answers a reporter's question on the first actions against Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom during a Pentagon press briefing on March 20, 2003. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, updated reporters on last night's rapid strike on a target of opportunity in Baghdad.