Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Victoria Clarke answers a reporter's question during an April 2, 2003, Pentagon press conference. Clarke and Army Maj. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal briefed reporters on 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.