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WHITE HOUSE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AT PENTAGON MEETING, 7/6/2015 1. The Honorable Ash Carter, Secretary of Defense 2. The Honorable Bob Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense 3. General Marty Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 4. Admiral Sandy Winnefeld, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 5. The Honorable Marcel Lettre, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence 6. General Ray Odierno, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army 7. General Joe Dunford, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps 8. General Frank Grass, Chief, National Guard Bureau 9. General Lloyd Austin, Commander. U.S. Central Command 10. General David Rodriguez, Commander, U.S. Africa Command 11. General Joe Votel, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command 12. Admiral Michelle Howard, Vice Chief of Naval Operations 13. General Larry Spencer, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force 14. The Honorable Alan Estevez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics 15. Mr. Bob Taylor, Acting General Counsel to the Department of Defense 16. Ms. Elissa Slotkin, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs 17. Mr. Eric Rosenbach, Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense 18. Dr. Zach Mears, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense 19. Ms. Maura Sullivan, Incoming Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs 20. Lieutenant General Dave Goldfein, Director of the Joint Staff 21. Lieutenant General William Mayville, Director for Operations, J3 22. Lieutenant General Ron Lewis, Senior Military Assistant to Secretary of Defense 23. Ambassador Samantha Power, US Ambassador to the United Nations 24. Tony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State 25. John Brennan, Director of Central Intelligence Agency 26. Nicholas Rasmussen, Director, National Counterterrorism Center 27. Michael Dempsey, Deputy Director of National Intelligence 28. The Vice President (via secure line) 29. Denis McDonough, Chief of Staff 30. Susan Rice, National Security Advisor 31. Avril Haines, Deputy National Security Advisor 32. Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism 33. Colin Kahl, National Security Advisor to the Vice President 34. Jeff Prescott, Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria, and the Gulf Region 35. Jen Easterly, Senior Director for Counterterrorism .

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