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Today in the Department of Defense Friday, September 28, 2012

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta hosts an honor cordon to welcome Canadian Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay to the Pentagon today at 9 a.m. EDT.  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 Entrance 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 703-697-5131 for escort to the cordon.

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Canadian Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay will hold a joint press conference at 10 a.m. EDT in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room.  Journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the Pentagon River Parking Entrance 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 703-697-5131 for escort to the cordon. 

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





Deputy Secretary Carter shakes hands with F-16 Fighting Falcon training students
Deputy Secretary Carter addresses Raytheon employees
Deputy Secretary Carter and Navy Secretary Maybus are given a tour of the Commander, Naval Air Forces headquarters
Deputy Secretary Carter thanks sailors assigned to the USS Freedom
Deputy Secretary Carter goes through the sideboys as he is piped ashore after visiting the USS Freedom
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs George Little briefs the press
Staff Sgt. James Bates provides security during a mission in Farah City, Afghanistan
The guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) approaches the oiler USNS Patuxent
Two U.S. Marine Corps AV-8 Harriers fly in formation
Sailors push a race car towards the finish line during the Military Pit Crew Challenge
Chief Joshua Oswald engages targets with an M2 .50-caliber machine gun
 

Deputy Secretary Carter shakes hands with F-16 Fighting Falcon training students  - Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter shakes hands with F-16 Fighting Falcon training students from several nations while visiting the 162nd Fighter Wing at the Tucson International Airport in Arizona, on Sept. 26, 2012. Carter and his staff met with students and exchange pilots from Iraq, Singapore, Japan, Denmark, Poland, South Korea, Norway and the Netherlands. DoD photo by Glenn Fawcett. (Released)   Hi-Res | Story | More Photos | News Photo Archive