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No. 260-99 November 01, 1999
SecDef and DepSecDef speech to IFPA-Fletcher Conference

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen will deliver remarks regarding the Department of Defense and the role it will have in the 21st Century as part of the 1999 Institute of Foreign Policy Analysis-Fletcher Conference at 12:40 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1999, at the Marriott Metro Center Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Henry H. Shelton, U.S. Army, will deliver his address during the conference dinner at 8:15 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1999.

Deputy Secretary of Defense John J, Hamre will address the conference at 12:40 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1999, at the Marriott Metro Center Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Both Cohen's and Hamre's remarks will be carried on a live video/audio feed to the Pentagon Auditorium Room 5A1070 and on Channel 15 of the internal cable system.

The regularly scheduled Tuesday, Department of Defense briefing at 1:30 p.m. EST will be held at 2 p.m. EST.