Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (center) chairs an operational update on the progress of Operation Iraqi Freedom at the Pentagon on April 8, 2003. Vice President Dick Cheney (left) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (right), U.S. Air Force, joined Rumsfeld for the secure video teleconference with field commanders. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.