Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn have no public or media events on their schedules.

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michèle A. Flournoy and Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr. testify at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on ongoing efforts to combat piracy on the high seas at 9:30 a.m. EDT in room SR-325 Russell Senate Office Building.

Director, Air National Guard Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III and Acting Deputy Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Carpenter testify at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on the Army National Guard and Air National Guard equipment programs at 2 p.m. EDT in room 2118 Rayburn House Office Building.

Chief of Warfighting Integration, Chief Information Officer Office of the Secretary of the Air Force Lieutenant General William Shelton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber, Identify and Information Assurance and Senior Information Assurance Official Robert Lentz, Commander, Joint Functional Component Command Network Warfare, Director, National Security Agency Lieutenant General Keith Alexander, Chief Information Officer U.S. Navy Rob Carey and Deputy Chief Information Officer/G-6, U. S. Army Mike Krieger testify at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Cyberspace as a Warfighting Domain: Policy, Management and Technical Challenges to Mission Assurance at 3:30 p.m. EDT in room 2212 Rayburn House Office Building.