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No. 237-94 October 26, 1994
No. 237-P:10/26/94:Deputy Secretary of Defense John Deutch

Deputy Secretary of Defense John Deutch will visit the Northrop/Grumann Corporation facility at Lake Charles, La. tomorrow, Wednesday, October 26 to tour the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Systems (J-STARS) plant and speak to Northrop/ Grumann employees at 10:30 a.m. (CDT). There will be a media availability at about 10:50 a.m. The events are open to news media coverage. The point of contact is Terry Clawson at (310) 201-3233 or 3335 (on October 26 call (318) 493-2110).

Through Thursday, Deputy Secretary Deutch will visit several military installations in Louisiana.

- Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La. On October 26, there will be a photo op and media availability at 3 p.m. The point of contact is Lt. Jeff Glenn at (318) 456-3001.

- Naval Air Station, New Orleans, Belle Chasse, La. On October 26, there will be a media availability at 4:50 p.m., and Deputy Secretary Deutch will speak to air station and community leaders at 5:10 p.m. The point of contact is Lt. J.M. Traum at (504) 393-3260.

- Joint Readiness Training Center and Ft. Polk, La. On Thursday, October 27, Deputy Secretary Deutch will address Ft. Polk area leaders at noon and hold a media availability at 1 p.m. at the Ft. Polk Community Club. The point of contact is Maj. Rick Spearman at (318) 531-2714.