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Today in the Department of Defense, Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz have no public or media events on their schedules.

Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, Commander, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan will conduct a briefing for media on the subject of Operations and Mission in Afghanistan's.  The briefing will be in the DoD Briefing Room, Pentagon 2E579 at 3:00 p.m. EDT.  Journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the North Parking 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.

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