Maj. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, U.S. Army, answers a reporter's question during a Pentagon press conference on March 26, 2003. McChrystal and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Victoria Clarke briefed reporters on the progress of Operation Iraqi Freedom, which is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. McChrystal is the vice director for Operations, J-3, the Joint Staff.