Today in the Department of Defense, 1/10/2013

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Today in the Department of Defense, 1/10/2013
01/09/2013 04:35 PM CST
Today in the Department of Defense, Thursday, January 10, 2013

 

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta hosts a full honors arrival ceremony to welcome Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai to the Pentagon today at 10:15 a.m. EST. The ceremony will be held on the Pentagon River Parade Field. Journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the Pentagon River Parking Pedestrian Bridge only. Plan to arrive no later than 45 minutes prior to the event; have proof of affiliation and two forms of photo identification. Please call 703-697-5131 for escort to the cordon.

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey will brief the media at 3 p.m. EST in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2E973). Journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the River Entrance only. Plan to arrive no later than 45 minutes prior to the event; have proof of affiliation and two forms of photo identification. Please call 703-697-5131 for escort into the building.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter has no public or media events on his schedule.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey hosts an honor cordon to welcome Kazakhstan's First Deputy Minister of Defence - Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Ministry of Defence Col. Gen. Zhasuzakov Saken Adilkhanovich to the Pentagon today at 8:50 a.m. EST. The cordon will be held on the steps of the Pentagon River Entrance. Journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the Pentagon River Parking Pedestrian Bridge only. Plan to arrive no later than 30 minutes prior to the event; have proof of affiliation and two forms of photo identification. Please call 703-697-4272 for escort to the cordon.

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