Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre (2nd from right) talks with a group of Native Americans in his Pentagon office on Nov. 10, 1998. These men will participate in a Department of Defense sponsored observance celebrating the contributions of Native Americans to the defense of the nation. Clockwise from the left foreground: Nelson Frank, a Sitka Tribal performer from Alaska; Samuel Tso, one of the famous World War II Navajo code talkers; David Oliver, principal deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition and technology; Edward Peele, a Sitka Tribal performer; Hamre; and Willard S. Jackson, a Sitka Tribal performer.