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Feb. 16, 2017
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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is traveling. His remarks at the Munich Security Conference will be streamed live at 8:35 a.m. EST on www.defense.gov/live.  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. is traveling.
 
Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work provides remarks at the retirement ceremony honoring Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen at 11 a.m. EST in the Pentagon Auditorium (Room BH650). Foreign journalists without a Pentagon building pass must plan on being escorted from the River Entrance Pedestrian Bridge only, or, if arriving at the Pentagon Metro Entrance Facility, must contact 703-697-5131 a minimum of one hour prior to your arrival. Please arrive no later than 45 minutes before the briefing if coming by Metro. U.S. journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the River Entrance Pedestrian Bridge or the Pentagon Metro Visitors Entrance only. If arriving by Metro, please contact 703-697-5131 a minimum of one hour prior to your arrival, and plan to arrive no later than 30 minutes before the event; have proof of affiliation and photo identification. Please call 703-697-5131 for escort into the building.