Army Maj. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal updates reporters on the progress of coalition forces during an April 4, 2003, Pentagon press conference. McChrystal and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Victoria Clarke briefed reporters on the overnight developments 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.