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Today in DOD

April 8, 2015
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Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is traveling.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work delivers remarks at the U.S. Army War College Strategy Conference at 8:30 a.m. EDT, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey has no public or media events on his schedule.