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	<title>Comments on: Pentagon: Debating &#8216;Donâ€™t Ask, Donâ€™t Tell&#8217; Will Stir &#8216;Divisiveness And Turbulence Across Our Country&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: wake-n-bake</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1998361</link>
		<dc:creator>wake-n-bake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;â€œA national debate on changingâ€ the Pentagonâ€™s ban on openly gay service members would bring â€œdivisiveness and turbulence across our country,â€ which â€œwill compound the burden of the war.â€&lt;/em&gt;

Sounds like &lt;strong&gt;somebody &lt;/strong&gt;is not ready to come out of the closet yet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>â€œA national debate on changingâ€ the Pentagonâ€™s ban on openly gay service members would bring â€œdivisiveness and turbulence across our country,â€ which â€œwill compound the burden of the war.â€</em></p>
<p>Sounds like <strong>somebody </strong>is not ready to come out of the closet yet.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1998361', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: rachel kinnardi</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1997651</link>
		<dc:creator>rachel kinnardi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.tarpley.net/bushb.htm

George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography --- by Webster G. Tarpley &amp; Anton Chaitkin
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I encourage everyone to download and read this free book about George HW Bush. It explains how George Junior grew up as well as all of his misgivings then and now.

It is available in .htm and .zip format

EVERY dirty little secret is revealed. It is a GREAT recent history text.</description>
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<p>George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography &#8212; by Webster G. Tarpley &amp; Anton Chaitkin<br />
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<p>I encourage everyone to download and read this free book about George HW Bush. It explains how George Junior grew up as well as all of his misgivings then and now.</p>
<p>It is available in .htm and .zip format</p>
<p>EVERY dirty little secret is revealed. It is a GREAT recent history text.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1997651', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Laird</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1996300</link>
		<dc:creator>Laird</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, JC Penny, why don&#039;t you do that? Last time I checked, humor was still a part of everyday life. You can&#039;t walk around with a stick up your ass all the time; it&#039;ll start to chafe. 

Ugly people generally lead less fortunate lives than attractive people. Believe it or not, the American society bases much merit on appearance. It&#039;s a hard fact of life, but its true. I was an ugly kid until I got to college. I cut my hair, lost my weight, and started playing in a Rugby league. I got my bachelor&#039;s degree, and joined the military, served my time. Now, I&#039;m 32, and I work very successfully as a public relations executive for one of the most auspicious firms in one of the most conceited cities in the world - New York. I am convinced that I would not be where I am if I looked like someone beat me in the face with a shovel. People don&#039;t want to look at ugly, no matter how plausible or innovative their ideas may be. So, until you&#039;re able to change the mores of the American society, how about laying off of the people in the forum who are simply personifying the attitude that a lifetime of living in this society has instilled in them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, JC Penny, why don&#8217;t you do that? Last time I checked, humor was still a part of everyday life. You can&#8217;t walk around with a stick up your ass all the time; it&#8217;ll start to chafe. </p>
<p>Ugly people generally lead less fortunate lives than attractive people. Believe it or not, the American society bases much merit on appearance. It&#8217;s a hard fact of life, but its true. I was an ugly kid until I got to college. I cut my hair, lost my weight, and started playing in a Rugby league. I got my bachelor&#8217;s degree, and joined the military, served my time. Now, I&#8217;m 32, and I work very successfully as a public relations executive for one of the most auspicious firms in one of the most conceited cities in the world &#8211; New York. I am convinced that I would not be where I am if I looked like someone beat me in the face with a shovel. People don&#8217;t want to look at ugly, no matter how plausible or innovative their ideas may be. So, until you&#8217;re able to change the mores of the American society, how about laying off of the people in the forum who are simply personifying the attitude that a lifetime of living in this society has instilled in them.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1996300', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Albert C. Patriot</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1993977</link>
		<dc:creator>Albert C. Patriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Try the link</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Try the link<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1993977', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Albert C. Patriot</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1993841</link>
		<dc:creator>Albert C. Patriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Image didn&#039;t load. Try this link.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h132/apatriot/ChuRUs.jpg</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Image didn&#8217;t load. Try this link.<br />
<a href="http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h132/apatriot/ChuRUs.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h132/apatriot/ChuRUs.jpg</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1993841', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Albert C. Patriot</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1993823</link>
		<dc:creator>Albert C. Patriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s with this guys Neck? Remind you of anyone?
&lt;a href=&quot;http://photobucket.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s with this guys Neck? Remind you of anyone?<br />
<a href="http://photobucket.com" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1993823', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chu - Bakka</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1993309</link>
		<dc:creator>Chu - Bakka</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>David S. C. Chu was sworn in as the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on June 1, 2001. A Presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate, he is the Secretary&#039;s senior policy advisor on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits for 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.3 million Guard and Reserve personnel and 680,000 DoD civilians and is responsible for overseeing the state of military readiness.

The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness also oversees the $15 billion Defense Health Program, Defense Commissaries and Exchanges with $14.5 billion in annual sales, the Defense Education Activity which supports over 100,000 students, and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, the nationâ€™s largest equal opportunity training program. 

Dr. Chu earlier served in government as the Director and then Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation) from May 1981 to January 1993. In that capacity, he advised the Secretary of Defense on the future size and structure of the armed forces, their equipment, and their preparation for crisis or conflict.

From 1978 to 1981, Dr. Chu served as the Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs, Congressional Budget Office, providing advice to the Congress on the full range of national security and international economic issues.

Dr. Chu began his service to the nation in 1968 when he was commissioned in the Army and became an instructor at the U.S. Army Logistics Management Center, Fort Lee VA. He later served a tour of duty in the Republic of Vietnam, working in the Office of the Comptroller, Headquarters, 1st Logistical Command. He obtained the rank of captain and completed his service with the Army in 1970.

Prior to rejoining the Department of Defense, Dr. Chu served in several senior executive positions with RAND, including Director of the Arroyo Center, the Army&#039;s federally funded research and development center for studies and analysis and Director of RAND&#039;s Washington Office.

Dr. Chu received a Bachelor of Arts Degree, magna cum laude, in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University in 1964 and a Doctorate in Economics, also from Yale, in 1972. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a recipient of its National Public Senior Award. He holds the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public service with silver palm.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David S. C. Chu was sworn in as the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on June 1, 2001. A Presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate, he is the Secretary&#8217;s senior policy advisor on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits for 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.3 million Guard and Reserve personnel and 680,000 DoD civilians and is responsible for overseeing the state of military readiness.</p>
<p>The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness also oversees the $15 billion Defense Health Program, Defense Commissaries and Exchanges with $14.5 billion in annual sales, the Defense Education Activity which supports over 100,000 students, and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, the nationâ€™s largest equal opportunity training program. </p>
<p>Dr. Chu earlier served in government as the Director and then Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation) from May 1981 to January 1993. In that capacity, he advised the Secretary of Defense on the future size and structure of the armed forces, their equipment, and their preparation for crisis or conflict.</p>
<p>From 1978 to 1981, Dr. Chu served as the Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs, Congressional Budget Office, providing advice to the Congress on the full range of national security and international economic issues.</p>
<p>Dr. Chu began his service to the nation in 1968 when he was commissioned in the Army and became an instructor at the U.S. Army Logistics Management Center, Fort Lee VA. He later served a tour of duty in the Republic of Vietnam, working in the Office of the Comptroller, Headquarters, 1st Logistical Command. He obtained the rank of captain and completed his service with the Army in 1970.</p>
<p>Prior to rejoining the Department of Defense, Dr. Chu served in several senior executive positions with RAND, including Director of the Arroyo Center, the Army&#8217;s federally funded research and development center for studies and analysis and Director of RAND&#8217;s Washington Office.</p>
<p>Dr. Chu received a Bachelor of Arts Degree, magna cum laude, in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University in 1964 and a Doctorate in Economics, also from Yale, in 1972. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a recipient of its National Public Senior Award. He holds the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public service with silver palm.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1993309', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JC Penny</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1992070</link>
		<dc:creator>JC Penny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I find it less than amusing that this thread is littered with arrogant and condescending stabs at Mr Chu based upon his picture.  Are you so blind that you cannot see yourself due ridicule?

As for allowing GLBT to serve, we do.  We just tell them to keep their perversion out of the view of the VAST and SILENT majority that find it just that:  Perversion.  

I&#039;ll go back to being quiet now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find it less than amusing that this thread is littered with arrogant and condescending stabs at Mr Chu based upon his picture.  Are you so blind that you cannot see yourself due ridicule?</p>
<p>As for allowing GLBT to serve, we do.  We just tell them to keep their perversion out of the view of the VAST and SILENT majority that find it just that:  Perversion.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;ll go back to being quiet now.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1992070', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ForTruth</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1991546</link>
		<dc:creator>ForTruth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is difficult to avoid commenting on his looks. 

Raymond said it. This man is is a sociopathic, prevericating, obfuscating, peice of crap.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is difficult to avoid commenting on his looks. </p>
<p>Raymond said it. This man is is a sociopathic, prevericating, obfuscating, peice of crap.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1991546', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: candideinnc</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1989934</link>
		<dc:creator>candideinnc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;You all need to shut up and let us get on with the job of destroying your country!&quot;  This guy must have skipped out on ALL of his civics classes.  One wonders why he ended up in a government paid position.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;You all need to shut up and let us get on with the job of destroying your country!&#8221;  This guy must have skipped out on ALL of his civics classes.  One wonders why he ended up in a government paid position.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1989934', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: rachel kinnardi</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1987313</link>
		<dc:creator>rachel kinnardi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.defenselink.mil/bios/chu_bio.html
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David S. C. Chu was sworn in as the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on June 1, 2001. A Presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate, he is the Secretary&#039;s senior policy advisor on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits for 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.3 million Guard and Reserve personnel and 680,000 DoD civilians and is responsible for overseeing the state of military readiness.

The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness also oversees the $15 billion Defense Health Program, Defense Commissaries and Exchanges with $14.5 billion in annual sales, the Defense Education Activity which supports over 100,000 students, and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, the nationâ€™s largest equal opportunity training program. 

Dr. Chu earlier served in government as the Director and then Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation) from May 1981 to January 1993. In that capacity, he advised the Secretary of Defense on the future size and structure of the armed forces, their equipment, and their preparation for crisis or conflict.

From 1978 to 1981, Dr. Chu served as the Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs, Congressional Budget Office, providing advice to the Congress on the full range of national security and international economic issues.

Dr. Chu began his service to the nation in 1968 when he was commissioned in the Army and became an instructor at the U.S. Army Logistics Management Center, Fort Lee VA. He later served a tour of duty in the Republic of Vietnam, working in the Office of the Comptroller, Headquarters, 1st Logistical Command. He obtained the rank of captain and completed his service with the Army in 1970.

Prior to rejoining the Department of Defense, Dr. Chu served in several senior executive positions with RAND, including Director of the Arroyo Center, the Army&#039;s federally funded research and development center for studies and analysis and Director of RAND&#039;s Washington Office.

Dr. Chu received a Bachelor of Arts Degree, magna cum laude, in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University in 1964 and a Doctorate in Economics, also from Yale, in 1972. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a recipient of its National Public Senior Award. He holds the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public service with silver palm.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/bios/chu_bio.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.defenselink.mil/bios/chu_bio.html</a><br />
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David S. C. Chu was sworn in as the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on June 1, 2001. A Presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate, he is the Secretary&#8217;s senior policy advisor on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits for 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.3 million Guard and Reserve personnel and 680,000 DoD civilians and is responsible for overseeing the state of military readiness.</p>
<p>The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness also oversees the $15 billion Defense Health Program, Defense Commissaries and Exchanges with $14.5 billion in annual sales, the Defense Education Activity which supports over 100,000 students, and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, the nationâ€™s largest equal opportunity training program. </p>
<p>Dr. Chu earlier served in government as the Director and then Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation) from May 1981 to January 1993. In that capacity, he advised the Secretary of Defense on the future size and structure of the armed forces, their equipment, and their preparation for crisis or conflict.</p>
<p>From 1978 to 1981, Dr. Chu served as the Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs, Congressional Budget Office, providing advice to the Congress on the full range of national security and international economic issues.</p>
<p>Dr. Chu began his service to the nation in 1968 when he was commissioned in the Army and became an instructor at the U.S. Army Logistics Management Center, Fort Lee VA. He later served a tour of duty in the Republic of Vietnam, working in the Office of the Comptroller, Headquarters, 1st Logistical Command. He obtained the rank of captain and completed his service with the Army in 1970.</p>
<p>Prior to rejoining the Department of Defense, Dr. Chu served in several senior executive positions with RAND, including Director of the Arroyo Center, the Army&#8217;s federally funded research and development center for studies and analysis and Director of RAND&#8217;s Washington Office.</p>
<p>Dr. Chu received a Bachelor of Arts Degree, magna cum laude, in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University in 1964 and a Doctorate in Economics, also from Yale, in 1972. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a recipient of its National Public Senior Award. He holds the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public service with silver palm.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1987313', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: rachel</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1987305</link>
		<dc:creator>rachel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Note who Chu used to work for, and probably still does in some capacity. Rand Corp.
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David S. C. Chu was sworn in as the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on June 1, 2001. A Presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate, he is the Secretary&#039;s senior policy advisor on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits for 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.3 million Guard and Reserve personnel and 680,000 DoD civilians and is responsible for overseeing the state of military readiness.

The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness also oversees the $15 billion Defense Health Program, Defense Commissaries and Exchanges with $14.5 billion in annual sales, the Defense Education Activity which supports over 100,000 students, and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, the nationâ€™s largest equal opportunity training program. 

Dr. Chu earlier served in government as the Director and then Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation) from May 1981 to January 1993. In that capacity, he advised the Secretary of Defense on the future size and structure of the armed forces, their equipment, and their preparation for crisis or conflict.

From 1978 to 1981, Dr. Chu served as the Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs, Congressional Budget Office, providing advice to the Congress on the full range of national security and international economic issues.

Dr. Chu began his service to the nation in 1968 when he was commissioned in the Army and became an instructor at the U.S. Army Logistics Management Center, Fort Lee VA. He later served a tour of duty in the Republic of Vietnam, working in the Office of the Comptroller, Headquarters, 1st Logistical Command. He obtained the rank of captain and completed his service with the Army in 1970.

Prior to rejoining the Department of Defense, Dr. Chu served in several senior executive positions with RAND, including Director of the Arroyo Center, the Army&#039;s federally funded research and development center for studies and analysis and Director of RAND&#039;s Washington Office.

Dr. Chu received a Bachelor of Arts Degree, magna cum laude, in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University in 1964 and a Doctorate in Economics, also from Yale, in 1972. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a recipient of its National Public Senior Award. He holds the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public service with silver palm.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note who Chu used to work for, and probably still does in some capacity. Rand Corp.<br />
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David S. C. Chu was sworn in as the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on June 1, 2001. A Presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate, he is the Secretary&#8217;s senior policy advisor on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits for 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.3 million Guard and Reserve personnel and 680,000 DoD civilians and is responsible for overseeing the state of military readiness.</p>
<p>The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness also oversees the $15 billion Defense Health Program, Defense Commissaries and Exchanges with $14.5 billion in annual sales, the Defense Education Activity which supports over 100,000 students, and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, the nationâ€™s largest equal opportunity training program. </p>
<p>Dr. Chu earlier served in government as the Director and then Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation) from May 1981 to January 1993. In that capacity, he advised the Secretary of Defense on the future size and structure of the armed forces, their equipment, and their preparation for crisis or conflict.</p>
<p>From 1978 to 1981, Dr. Chu served as the Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs, Congressional Budget Office, providing advice to the Congress on the full range of national security and international economic issues.</p>
<p>Dr. Chu began his service to the nation in 1968 when he was commissioned in the Army and became an instructor at the U.S. Army Logistics Management Center, Fort Lee VA. He later served a tour of duty in the Republic of Vietnam, working in the Office of the Comptroller, Headquarters, 1st Logistical Command. He obtained the rank of captain and completed his service with the Army in 1970.</p>
<p>Prior to rejoining the Department of Defense, Dr. Chu served in several senior executive positions with RAND, including Director of the Arroyo Center, the Army&#8217;s federally funded research and development center for studies and analysis and Director of RAND&#8217;s Washington Office.</p>
<p>Dr. Chu received a Bachelor of Arts Degree, magna cum laude, in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University in 1964 and a Doctorate in Economics, also from Yale, in 1972. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a recipient of its National Public Senior Award. He holds the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public service with silver palm.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1987305', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: vinnie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1986203</link>
		<dc:creator>vinnie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Talk about a pencil-neck geek!!  This guy may be a &#039;pentagon official&#039; but there&#039;s not way in hell he was a soldier of any sort.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Talk about a pencil-neck geek!!  This guy may be a &#8216;pentagon official&#8217; but there&#8217;s not way in hell he was a soldier of any sort.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1986203', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: rachel rj kinnardi</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1986078</link>
		<dc:creator>rachel rj kinnardi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Caption: &quot;My head is round and my face is extremely flat, has been since 2nd grade dodgeball.&quot; 

I have seen this guy alongside Rumsfeld giving Senate testimony. This little weasel has quite a &quot;feverish temper&quot; and he let it show on more than one occasion in an otherwise dull and mundane hearing.

He reminded me of a &quot;Chastised Josef Goebbels&quot;, and just like that, at the drop of a hat.The red face, vein popping at neck, really demeaning tone to Senators questions. A real ReichWinger alright.

Really very condescending and arrogant.

He is spooky.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Caption: &#8220;My head is round and my face is extremely flat, has been since 2nd grade dodgeball.&#8221; </p>
<p>I have seen this guy alongside Rumsfeld giving Senate testimony. This little weasel has quite a &#8220;feverish temper&#8221; and he let it show on more than one occasion in an otherwise dull and mundane hearing.</p>
<p>He reminded me of a &#8220;Chastised Josef Goebbels&#8221;, and just like that, at the drop of a hat.The red face, vein popping at neck, really demeaning tone to Senators questions. A real ReichWinger alright.</p>
<p>Really very condescending and arrogant.</p>
<p>He is spooky.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1986078', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dlet</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1984913</link>
		<dc:creator>dlet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chu phone home.  Chu phone home.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chu phone home.  Chu phone home.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1984913', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: crazyvietnamvet</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1984850</link>
		<dc:creator>crazyvietnamvet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was gay in Vietnam with the Marines. I did a lot to keep up their
morale.   No one complained.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was gay in Vietnam with the Marines. I did a lot to keep up their<br />
morale.   No one complained.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1984850', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Liberal Xian</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1984843</link>
		<dc:creator>Liberal Xian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I will be so glad when the FEAR party doesn&#039;t run the White House.  At at time when our troops are getting killed at an alarming rate and we desperately need both troops and people who speak Arabic it&#039;s reprehensible that they think that even talking about this issue is considered dangerous.

I think we&#039;ve already been through the &#039;divisiveness and turbulence&#039; concerning the war and now that the die hard nutjobs who support this administration and their War To Steal Iraq&#039;s Oil are less than 30% I think most of us agree that it&#039;s time for SOLUTIONS, whatever they are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will be so glad when the FEAR party doesn&#8217;t run the White House.  At at time when our troops are getting killed at an alarming rate and we desperately need both troops and people who speak Arabic it&#8217;s reprehensible that they think that even talking about this issue is considered dangerous.</p>
<p>I think we&#8217;ve already been through the &#8216;divisiveness and turbulence&#8217; concerning the war and now that the die hard nutjobs who support this administration and their War To Steal Iraq&#8217;s Oil are less than 30% I think most of us agree that it&#8217;s time for SOLUTIONS, whatever they are.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1984843', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1984828</link>
		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did somebody stretch this clown&#039;s head with photoshop?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did somebody stretch this clown&#8217;s head with photoshop?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1984828', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Raymond Funamoto</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1984802</link>
		<dc:creator>Raymond Funamoto</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WHAT&#039;S THE MATTER WITH Chu, David?  YOU SHOULD GET YOUR HEAD EXAMINED FOR A SERIOUS BRAIN and COMMON SENSE DEFICIENCY--Oh, I forgot--YOU ARE A Bushland Uber Allies FAITHFUL NAZI-FASCIST FOLLOWER AND GOOSESTEPPER AS WELL--&quot;No Debate&quot; INDEED!!!!! YOU Bushland Uber Allies HYENAS ARE AFRAID OF A REAL DEBATE ABOUT YOUR DEBACLE WHICH WILL SHOW NOT ONLY ALL OF AMERICA BUT THE WHOLE WORLD FOR WHAT YOU Bushland Uber Allies SCUM REALLY ARE--A LYING BUNCH OF OBFUSCATING, PREVARICATING, JINGOISTIC, DEMAGOGUE SOCIOPATHS WHO CARE NOT A WHIT ABOUT THE WELFARE OF OUR AMERICAN TROOPS!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WHAT&#8217;S THE MATTER WITH Chu, David?  YOU SHOULD GET YOUR HEAD EXAMINED FOR A SERIOUS BRAIN and COMMON SENSE DEFICIENCY&#8211;Oh, I forgot&#8211;YOU ARE A Bushland Uber Allies FAITHFUL NAZI-FASCIST FOLLOWER AND GOOSESTEPPER AS WELL&#8211;&#8221;No Debate&#8221; INDEED!!!!! YOU Bushland Uber Allies HYENAS ARE AFRAID OF A REAL DEBATE ABOUT YOUR DEBACLE WHICH WILL SHOW NOT ONLY ALL OF AMERICA BUT THE WHOLE WORLD FOR WHAT YOU Bushland Uber Allies SCUM REALLY ARE&#8211;A LYING BUNCH OF OBFUSCATING, PREVARICATING, JINGOISTIC, DEMAGOGUE SOCIOPATHS WHO CARE NOT A WHIT ABOUT THE WELFARE OF OUR AMERICAN TROOPS!!!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1984802', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: rachel rj kinnardi</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/dont-ask-compound/comment-page-1/#comment-1984611</link>
		<dc:creator>rachel rj kinnardi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>impeachcheneythenbush â€”22

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So, you signed the petition then? That&#039;s all I want is this war stopped and no new ones started.

Sign the petition first, that is all I wanted, then you can come back and bitch at me all you want, about whatever you want.

You comment #22 is miniscule and unimportant in the grand scheme of things. 

Sign the IMPORTANT stuff first at the link I provided for you.

Then we can address your UNIMPORTANT comment in #22.

K?

Since when did it become about &quot;you&quot; ?

I don&#039;t want your friendship or your company. Get it?

All I want is you S.I.G.N.A.T.U.R.E. ON THE PETITION.

It is a hell of alot more fruitful that what your are trying to attain here.

A big fight. I won&#039;t do it.

I will walk away the bigger person now. knowing I am the bigger person.

Please think about signing the petition won&#039;t you?</description>
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<p>So, you signed the petition then? That&#8217;s all I want is this war stopped and no new ones started.</p>
<p>Sign the petition first, that is all I wanted, then you can come back and bitch at me all you want, about whatever you want.</p>
<p>You comment #22 is miniscule and unimportant in the grand scheme of things. </p>
<p>Sign the IMPORTANT stuff first at the link I provided for you.</p>
<p>Then we can address your UNIMPORTANT comment in #22.</p>
<p>K?</p>
<p>Since when did it become about &#8220;you&#8221; ?</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want your friendship or your company. Get it?</p>
<p>All I want is you S.I.G.N.A.T.U.R.E. ON THE PETITION.</p>
<p>It is a hell of alot more fruitful that what your are trying to attain here.</p>
<p>A big fight. I won&#8217;t do it.</p>
<p>I will walk away the bigger person now. knowing I am the bigger person.</p>
<p>Please think about signing the petition won&#8217;t you?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1984611', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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