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Deputy Secretary Leon meets with South African Deputy Defense Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge in the Pentagon.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy de Leon (left foreground) meets with South African Deputy Defense Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge (right) in the Pentagon on Oct. 16, 2000. De Leon and Madlala-Routledge are discussing a broad range of security issues of interest to both nations. South African Director of Operations and Policy B. B. Mtimkulu (left), Member of Parliament Zoliswa Kot (2nd from left and Jeremy Routledge participated in the meeting with de Leon and Madlala-Routledge.