Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates hosts an honor cordon to welcome Minister of Defense of Albania Fatmir Mediu, Minister of Defense of Croatia Branko Vukelic and Minister of Defense of Macedonia Lazar Elenovski to the Pentagon for the Adriatic Charter Defense Ministerial meetings today at 10:45 a.m. EST.  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 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 to the cordon.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England has no public or media events on his schedule.

Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell will conduct a press briefing at  2:30 p.m. EST in the DoD Briefing Room, Pentagon 2E579.  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.

U.S. Army Colonel Jeffery Johnson, Command Surgeon, Combined Joint Task Force-82 and the 82d Airborne Division, will brief live from Afghanistan at 10 a.m. EDT, Feb 19, in the DoD Briefing Room, Pentagon 2E579, to provide a briefing on health affairs.  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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