Today in the Department of Defense, Thursday, May 12, 2011

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates conducts a town hall meeting at 9:15 a.m. EDT with more than 1000 Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C.  The town hall will be carried live on the Pentagon Channel and streaming live at www.pentagonchannel.mil.

Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn has no public or media events on his schedule.