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No. 282-99 November 22, 1999
Full Honor Arrival and Press Conference with MoND of Korea

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen will host a full honors arrival ceremony to welcome Minister of National Defense Cho Song-tae, of the Republic of Korea, to the Pentagon at 12:30 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999.

The ceremony will be held on the River Parade Field of the Pentagon. Media must be at the River Parade Field no later than 12:10 p.m. EST for the ceremony.

Cohen and Cho will conduct a joint press conference at 2:40 p.m. EST in the Pentagon Briefing Studio Room 2E781. Media without Pentagon credentials must be at Mall Entrance of the Pentagon no later than 2:20 p.m. EST for admission.

Media interested in audiovisual coverage of these events may contact Terry Mitchell at (703) 695-0169.

The regularly scheduled Tuesday DoD press briefing has been canceled.