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Today in DOD

July 12, 2016
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Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is traveling.  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.

Dr. Lauren Thompson, director, DoD/VA Interagency Program Office, provides testimony on the veteran's electronic health record network to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies at 10:30 a.m. EDT, 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities Robert Scher and Adm. Cecil Haney, commander, U.S. Strategic Command, provide testimony on the budget requirement and justification for the nuclear cruise missile to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development at 10:30 a.m. EDT, 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy Aaron Hughes provides testimony on cybersecurity to the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Technology at 1 p.m. EDT, 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

Air Force Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle, commander, Air Combat Command, provides testimony on air dominance and fifth generation fighters to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces at 2 p.m. EDT, 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

Principal Director for Europe and NATO Policy Rachel Ellehuus, Air Force Maj. Gen. David Allvin, J-5, U.S. European Command, and Tom Tyra, office of the G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, provide testimony on oversight of the European reassurance initiative to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations at 3:30 p.m. EDT, 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander, U.S. Southern Command, provides remarks on U.S. Southern Command's strategy for Latin America at 4:30 p.m. EDT, at the Atlantic Council, 1030 15th St. NW, Washington, District of Columbia.