Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld explains a policy in response to a question from the audience at a town hall meeting in the Pentagon auditorium on Nov. 21, 2003. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, delivered opening remarks then fielded questions from military and civilian Pentagon employees. The forum allows people in the Pentagon to direct their questions to the leadership of the Defense Department.