April 1, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, asks a reporter to wait one minute so he can complete answering the previous question posed to him about the status of the American forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom.   © Mike Lynaugh
April 1, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld (Left) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers (Right) watch gun camera footage from an F-14 Tomcat hitting an Iraqi tank attempting to hide behind a bunker of sand. © Mike Lynaugh
April 1, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld (Left) listens to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers respond to a reporters question about the recent media questioning of the war plan on Iraq, and whether it is sound or not. General Myers replied, "My view of those reports -- and since I don't know who you're quoting, who the individuals are -- is that they're bogus. There is -- I don't know how they get started, and I don't know how they've been perpetuated, but it's not been by responsible members of the team that put this all together. They either weren't there, or they don't know, or they're working another agenda , and I don't know what that agenda might be. It is not helpful to have those kind of comments come out when we've got troops in combat, because first of all, they're false, they're absolutely wrong, they bear no resemblance to the truth, and it's just -- it's just -- harmful to our troops that are out there fighting very bravely, very courageously" © Mike Lynaugh
April 1, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, listens to a reporter ask him a question about the status of American progress in the war in Iraq. © Mike Lynaugh