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Oct. 30, 2017
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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. have no public or media events on their schedules. 
 
Army Maj. Gen. James B. Jarrard, commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve (SOJTF-OIR), briefs the media live from Baghdad at 11 a.m. EDT in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2E973), to provide an update on operations. SOJTF-OIR conducts special operations, to include training and accompanying local forces, to militarily defeat ISIS and prevent their return in Syria and Iraq.  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 30 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 www.defense.gov/live.
 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Integration and Defense Support to Civil Authorities Robert G. Salesses, Air Force Gen. Lori J. Robinson, commander, U.S. Northern Command, and Army Maj. Gen. Donald E. Jackson, provide testimony on the federal response to the 2017 hurricane season at 10 a.m. to the Senate Homeland Defense & Governmental Affairs Committee, SD-342 Dirksen Senate Office Building.