Today in the Department of Defense, Thursday, June 23, 2011

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 Michele Flournoy and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen will testify at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Afghanistan and Pakistan at 10 a.m. EDT in room 2118, Rayburn House Office Building.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead will speak at 10 a.m. EDT at the Center for New American Security in Washington, D.C.  Media interested in attending should contact Cmdr. Charlie Brown at 703-692-5307.

The Senate Intelligence Committee conducts a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Army Gen. David Petraeus to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency at 2:30 p.m. EDT in room 216, Hart Senate Office Building.