Today in the Department of Defense, Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn have no public or media events on their schedules.The Senate Armed Services Committee meets to consider the nomination of Army Gen. Martin Dempsey to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at 9:30 a.m. EDT in room SD-106, Dirksen Senate Office Building.Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli; Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert; Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Phil Breedlove; and Marine Corps Assistant Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford testify at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness, on total force readiness at 3 p.m. EDT in room 2118, Rayburn House Office Building.