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Today in DOD

Today in DOD for Sept. 28, 2023

Sept. 27, 2023

A Senate Armed Services Committee hearing at 9:30 a.m. EDT considers the nominations of Derek H. Chollet to be under secretary of defense for policy, and Cara L. Abercrombie to be assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, Dirksen Senate Office Building SD-G50, Washington, D.C. The hearing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict Christopher P. Maier and Department of Defense General Counsel Caroline Krass provide testimony at 10 a.m. EDT at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on "Reclaiming Congress's Article I Powers: Counterterrorism AUMF Reform," HVC-210 Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, D.C.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall; Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander, U.S. Space Command; and Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman provide testimony at 10 a.m. EDT at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the strategic basing process for U.S. Space Command, Rayburn House Office Building 2118, Washington, D.C.

Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, commander, U.S. Cyber Command; director, National Security Agency; and chief, Central Security Service, provides remarks and participates in a question-and-answer session at 12:30 p.m. EDT at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. The event will also be livestreamed on the National Press Club YouTube channel.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Lindsey W. Ford provides testimony at 2 p.m. EDT at a House Foreign Affairs Indo-Pacific Subcommittee hearing on "Lasers and Water Cannons: Exposing the Chinese Communist Party's Harassment in the South China Sea," Rayburn House Office Building 2200, Washington, D.C.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh briefs the media at 2:30 p.m. EDT in the Pentagon Briefing Room, 2D972.  The briefing will also be livestreamed on defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.