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April 6, 2016
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Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr.  have no public or media events on their schedules.  Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work is traveling.
 
Acting Secretary of the Army Patrick J. Murphy and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark A. Milley provide testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on the posture of the U.S. Army at 9:30 a.m. EDT, SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.
 
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment Peter J. Potochney, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and the Environment Katherine Hammack, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment Steven R. Iselin, and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, and Energy Miranda A. A. Ballentine provide testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies on the fiscal year 2017 budget request for military construction and family housing at 10:30 a.m. EDT, 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.
 
Army Col. Steven Warren, spokesman, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), briefs the media live from Baghdad, Iraq, via DVIDS at 10 a.m. EDT, in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2E973) to provide an update on operations. 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. 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.
 
Gen. David M. Rodriguez, commander, U.S. Africa Command, conducts a 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 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. 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.