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Today in the Department of Defense, April 20, 2016

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. are traveling. Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work has no public or media events on his schedule.

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. If arriving by Metro, please contact 703-697-5131 a minimum of one hour prior to your arrival, and plan to arrive no later than 45 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 http://www.defense.gov.

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Stephen Welby, and Dr. Arati Prabhahar, director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, provide testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on the fiscal year 2017 DoD budget request for Defense innovation and research, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

Vice Adm. Paul A. Grosklags, commander, Naval Air Systems, Marine Lt. Gen. Jon M. Davis, deputy commandant for Aviation, and Rear Adm. Michael C. Manazir, director, Air Warfare (OPNAV N98), provide testimony to the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower on Navy and Marine corps aviation programs, at 2 p.m. EDT, SR-232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

Navy Capt. Walter M. Greenhalgh, director for the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Navy Capt. Michael J. Colston, director, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, and Dr. Amy E. Street, deputy director, Women’s Health Sciences Division, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, provide testimony to the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel on research, diagnosis, and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, at 2:30 p.m. EDT, SR-222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

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