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Open Press Events

Press Events Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III

The secretary is traveling. His opening remarks at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, Belgium, at 4 a.m. EDT will be livestreamed on Defense.gov. His remarks with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. at a post-meeting press conference at 9:15 a.m. EDT will also be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Secretary of Defense
Lloyd J. Austin III

The secretary is traveling. His opening remarks at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, Belgium, at 4 a.m. EDT will be livestreamed on Defense.gov. His remarks with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. at a post-meeting press conference at 9:15 a.m. EDT will also be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Press Events Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks

The deputy secretary has no public or media events on her schedule.

Deputy Secretary of Defense
Kathleen H. Hicks

The deputy secretary has no public or media events on her schedule.

Press Events Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen.Charles Q. Brown, Jr.

The chairman is traveling. His remarks with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at a press conference at 9:15 a.m. EDT following the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, Belgium, will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force Gen.Charles Q. Brown, Jr.

The chairman is traveling. His remarks with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at a press conference at 9:15 a.m. EDT following the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, Belgium, will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Press Events Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm.Christopher W. Grady 

The vice chairman has no public or media events on his schedule.

Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Navy Adm.Christopher W. Grady 

The vice chairman has no public or media events on his schedule.

Additional Open Press Events

Army Gen. Charles A. Flynn, commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific (7 a.m. EDT); Secretary of the Army Christine E. Wormuth, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy A. George, and Sergeant Major of the Army Michael R. Weimer (9:30 a.m. EDT); and other senior officials speak at the 2023 Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting & Exposition, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Jedidiah Royal provides keynote remarks at noon EDT at the Global Taiwan Institute 2023 Annual Symposium, 1777 F St. NW, Washington, D.C. The event will be livestreamed at globaltaiwan.org.

Army Gen. Laura J. Richardson, commander, U.S. Southern Command, speaks at 11 a.m. EDT at a virtual Foundation for Defense of Democracies event on "Latin America's China Challenge." The event will be livestreamed at fdd.org.

DoD Postings: October 11, 2023