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Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David Chu responds to a reporter's question during a media roundtable at the Pentagon on Aug. 8, 2001. Chu discussed a broad range of issues including his views on gender integrated training, length and frequency of deployments, length of permanent change of duty station tours, and the length of military careers.

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David Chu responds to a reporter's question.

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David Chu responds to a reporter's question during a media roundtable at the Pentagon on Aug. 8, 2001. Chu discussed a broad range of issues including his views on gender integrated training, length and frequency of deployments, length of permanent change of duty station tours, and the length of military careers.

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