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Immediate Release

On-Camera Press Briefing

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker will hold an on-camera press briefing in the Pentagon Briefing Room at 1 p.m. ET, today, Friday, Sept. 9. 

Due to COVID social distancing concerns, there will be 22 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.

The Zoom lines will open 20 minutes in advance. If you are connecting through Zoom and would like to ask a question, please call in by 12:40 a.m. and let the duty officer know you will have a question. When logging in to Zoom, please log in with your name and media organization.

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

For those wishing to join via Zoom, please email the OSD PA Duty Officer: osd.pa.dutyofficer@mail.mil.