The secretary will hold an on-camera press briefing with Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room at 8:00 a.m. EDT. The briefing will be livestreamed on War.gov, X, YouTube, and Rumble. It will also air on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.
The Secretary will participate in the Endangered Species Committee meeting regarding an exemption under the Endangered Species Act with respect to oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities in the Gulf of America associated with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Program. A livestream of the event can be found here: https://youtube.com/live/iC3xyp4GxRE?feature=share