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August 8, 2002 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld laughs at a reporter's comment during today's Pentagon briefing on the ongoing war on terrorism. © Mike Lynaugh July 22, 2002 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld reacts to a reporter's question during a Pentagon press briefing. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers (not shown), reviewed their accomplishments of the coalition in the war against terrorism during the past nine months in Afghanistan. Rumsfeld's left forearm is in a cast because of a recent surgery to repair an arthritic thumb. © Mike Lynaugh March 4, 2002 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld briefs reporters on the deaths of seven United States service members when their helicopter was attacked south of Gardez, Afghanistan. Secretary Rumsfeld re-stated America's resolve to Operation Enduring Freedom stating ''As President Bush said last November, 'we are coming to know those who have plotted against us. There is no corner of Earth distant or dark enough to protect them. However long it takes, their hour of justice will come.''' © Mike Lynaugh March 21, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, conducts a briefing to reporters about the status of the beginning of the ''Shock and Awe'' part of the campaign to liberate the Iraqi people of the regime of Saddam Hussein. © Mike Lynaugh
March 25, 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 April 7, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, answers a question about the current status of Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein. The Secretary replied, "There are three possibilities: He's either dead or injured or not willing to show himself." © Mike Lynaugh February 27, 2003 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai answers a reporter's question about if they have made any plans incase he has to leave office. President Karzai replied, ''We have -- after the assassination attempt on me, we had a number of mechanisms that we discussed that should be used and put into effect in an event of my death, either by an accident or natural or whatever, or if I'm fed up and I resigned.'' © Mike Lynaugh 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
January 10, 2002 - President George W. Bush proudly signs into law, a defense appropriations bill giving the Pentagon $317.2 billion dollars and sets aside an additional $20 billion for the military campaign in Afghanistan. © Mike Lynaugh September 11, 2003 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers (in uniform) and Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld (right), console family members of those lost two years ago today during the terrorist attack on the Pentagon. The Secretary and General attended a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery for the family members of those lost at the Pentagon. December 11, 2001 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld stands and addresses the audience during the 3-month anniversary services to honor those lost on the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. The damaged section of the Pentagon has already been removed and you can see that reconstruction has already begun. The Pentagon plans to move employees back into the outer ring that was damaged during the attacks by the one-year anniversary of the attacks. © Mike Lynaugh March 21, 2003 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, pauses before replying to a question posed to him about the difficulties that Turkey has posed by delaying overflights of coalition aircraft over their country. The General replied, ''Well, we've said a couple of times from up here that the -- that we have forces in the north now. General Franks intends to put more forces into the north. It would be helpful if Turkey would go along and make the arrangements that the parliament approved, and that is for overflights. So we're still hoping for that, but we're not counting on that, and we have other ways of inserting those forces.'' © Mike Lynaugh
February 12, 2002 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld smirks as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers makes a joke back to a reporter. © Mike Lynaugh July 22, 2002 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld stops to talk to reporters after today's briefing, about how his arm is feeling after his recent surgery to repair an arthritic thumb. © Mike Lynaugh August 21, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, shakes hands with nine year-old, Katie Hanks who watched today's briefing from the back of the room with her aunt, Air Force Maj. Anne Skelly. Katie informed the Secretary she wanted to be a reporter and he asked if she had any questions she would like to ask him. She replied, "Can you please describe the most unreported eventful progress in Iraq?" Laughing, General Abizaid (not shown) said, "That's the hardest question you've gotten all day, Mr. Secretary." August 9, 2002 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers answers a reporter's question as to the possibility of a preemptive strike on Iraq to oust Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein. © Mike Lynaugh
May 15, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld (left) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers (right) answers a reporter's question as to the possibility of an Iranian terrorist group armed with weaponized anthrax inside Iraq. January 28, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, is greeted by members of Congress at the conclusion of President George W. Bush's second "State of the Union" address. June 4, 2002 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld discusses the goals of his upcoming trip to India and Pakistan. Secretary Rumsfeld is being sent to speak to the leaders of the two countries to try to calm both sides down and try to put an end to the recent fighting on the border of Kashmir. Both India and Pakistan have openly discussed using nuclear weapons on the other if they should try to invade. © Mike Lynaugh May 15, 2003 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers looks at a map of the nations involved in assisting the United States financially in post-war activities within Iraq.
April 1, 2003 - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld responds to a reporter's question about American progress in Operation Iraqi Freedom. June 17, 2002 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld (left) asks Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, about the accuracy of his response to a question about shoulder-fired missiles and launchers that were found this past weekend on the outskirts of an American military base in Afghanistan. © Mike Lynaugh June 4, 2002 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, and Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace, laugh at the General's response to a question about advice he gave to the President. The reporter asked, ''And your recommendation was?'' and the General replied, ''Great…it was a great recommendation!'' © Mike Lynaugh April 9, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld rubs his forehead during today's daily Pentagon press briefing on the current progress of coalition progress in Operation Iraqi Freedom. © Mike Lynaugh
March 5, 2003 - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (left) responds to a reporter's question about the possibility of American troops going to war in Iraq, as the Commander of U.S. Central Command, General Tommy Franks watches on. August 21, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld (left), answers a reporter's question about post-war operations in Iraq, as U.S. Central Command Commander, General John Abizaid listens. August 5, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, responds to a reporter's question about if he can tell any details about the search for Saddam Hussein. The Secretary replied, "Well, I can. It's interesting. I mean, someone says, "Are you getting closer?" And some people say yes and some people say no, and I say I don't know, because you don't know if you're closer till you get him. And I find the whole thing kind of amusing. I noticed -- you've got to appreciate the folks that are trying to find him are enthusiastic. And they think they're getting closer. And I'm for that! I like that enthusiasm. But if you ask me -- (laughter) -- "Are we getting closer?," I'll say, "I'll let you know when we catch him." Until you have him, you don't have him. And we need to find him, and we're going to find him." May 15, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld answers a reporter's question as to the possibility of an Iranian terrorist group armed with weaponized anthrax inside Iraq.
April 7, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld  answers a reporter's question about the fate of Iraqi General Ali Hassan al-Majid, the architect of the 1988 genocide of Iraqi Kurds, who has come to be known as "Chemical Ali". The Secretary replied, "We believe that the reign of terror of 'Chemical Ali' has come to an end. To Iraqis who have suffered at his hand, particularly in the last few weeks in that southern part of the country, he will never again terrorize you or your families." © Mike Lynaugh September 11, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld (left), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers (right) participate in memorial services at Arlington National Cemetery on the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America. March 21, 2003 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, briefs reporters on the start of the air campaign in Iraq. As of 1:00pm the next phase of the liberation of Iraq began. The massive air bombardment of Iraq is coming to be known as the ''Shock and Awe'' part of the war.  General Myers had a message for the commanders of the Iraqi military, ''First, to the commanders and soldiers of the Iraqi forces, I urge you in the strongest possible terms: Do the honorable thing, stop fighting that you may live to enjoy a free Iraq where you and your children can grow and prosper.'' © Mike Lynaugh April 1, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld responds enthusiastically to a reporter's question about American troop actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
September 11, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld (right), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers (left) participate in memorial services at Arlington National Cemetery on the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America. April 3, 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 our progress in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The General replied, "Air strikes continue. In the last 24 hours coalition air forces have flown more than 1,000 sorties over Iraq. Since the war began we have fired over 725 Tomahawks and dropped over 12,000 precision-guided munitions. We essentially control over 95 percent of Iraqi airspace." © Mike Lynaugh March 11, 2003 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers shows gun-camera footage from an F-14 Tomcat as it bombed an Iraqi air defense radar site. In recent months, the United States has been getting more aggressive in taking out air defense networks within Iraq preparing for any eventual war that might be in our future. © Mike Lynaugh August 5, 2003 - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld reacts to a reporter's question during his briefing on progress of rebuilding Iraq.
March 25, 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 9, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, in a noticeably lighter mood, calls on a reporter during today's daily Pentagon press briefing as to the current events in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Secretary stated today, in response to the apparent liberation of Baghdad this morning, "This is a good day for the Iraqi people. There is no question but that there are difficult and very dangerous days ahead and that the fighting will continue for some period. But certainly anyone seeing the faces of the liberated Iraqis -- the free Iraqis -- has to say that this is a very good day." © Mike Lynaugh April 9, 2003 - Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld shows a rare smile since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom began on March 24, 2003. During his opening remarks during today's daily Pentagon press briefing he stated, "Saddam Hussein is now taking his rightful place alongside Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, Ceausescu in the pantheon of failed, brutal dictators, and the Iraqi people are well on their way to freedom." © Mike Lynaugh January 10, 2002 - President George W. Bush walks up to the podium after being introduced by Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. The President is at the Pentagon today to sign into law, the 2002 defense department appropriations bill allowing extra allocation of funds to continue fighting the war on terrorism. © Mike Lynaugh