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Today in DOD

Oct. 21, 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.

Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, and Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, speak at a Center for a New American Security event ("A Conversation with the Service Secretaries") at 9 a.m. EDT at the Willard InterContinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, District of Columbia.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Douglas Loverro takes part in a panel discussion on the U.S. military and commercial space industry at 2 p.m. EDT at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW,  Washington, District of Columbia.