Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Hagel and Gen. Dempsey, July 3, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2014.

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Good morning.

Happy early 4th of July. I hope you all have big plans tomorrow.

I’m going to make a couple of opening comments and then ask Chairman Dempsey for some thoughts and then we’ll go to your questions.

I know, as Chairman Dempsey does, you’ve been receiving updates on the situation in Iraq here on a regular basis. And I’d like to focus a couple…