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April 5, 2016
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Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr.  have no public or media events on their schedules.
 
Joint Staff Vice Director for Operations (VDJ-3) Rear. Adm. Andrew L. Lewis conducts a press briefing at 11 a.m. EDT in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2E973).  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 Visitors Entrance, 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. 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. The briefing will also be streamed live on www.defense.gov.
 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition Sean J. Stackley, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources (N8) Vice Adm. Joseph P. Mulloy, and Marine Lt. Gen. Robert C. Walsh, deputy commandant for combat development, and commander, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, provide testimony to the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower on Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the fiscal year 2017 budget at 2 p.m. EDT, SR-222, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.