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Immediate Release

Press Briefing Today at 2:30 p.m., November 3, 2021

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Sami D. Said will brief the media on camera in the Pentagon Briefing Room at 2:30 p.m. EDT today, November 3, 2021. 

If you plan to have a question please call in by 2:25 p.m. so we can inform Mr. Kirby that you will have a question. 

Due to COVID social distancing concerns, there will be 20 chairs for reporters in the room.  The seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.  Only one seat per news organization is authorized. Reporters without a seat are invited to watch the press conference from the press bullpens on CH2 in the Pentagon or see it livestreamed on Defense.gov.

The briefing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.