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No. 197-97 September 08, 1997
Welcoming ceremony for Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen will host a Full Honors Review and Welcoming Ceremony for Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre at the Pentagon, 10 a.m. (EDT), Monday, Sept. 8, 1997.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, U.S. Army, will join Secretary Cohen in the ceremony.

The ceremony will be held on the River Parade Field of the Pentagon.

Media must be at the River Parade Field no later than 9:40 a.m. (EDT). Media interested in audiovisual coverage of this event may contact Terry Mitchell at (703) 695-0169.