Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left foreground) meets with visiting Chilean Minister of Defense Mario Fernandez (right) at the Pentagon on June 2, 2000. The two defense leaders are meeting to discuss a broad range of global as well as regional defense issues of interest to both nations. Accompanying Minister Fernandez is Lt. Gen. Patricio Rios Ponce (seated to the left of Fernandez), the commander in chief of the Chilean Air Force.