Secretary Rumsfeld responds to a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Secretary of State for Defence Geoffrey Hoon.
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) responds to a reporter's question about the Joint Strike Fighter program during a joint news conference with the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence Geoffrey Hoon, at the Pentagon on March 21, 2001. Rumsfeld and Hoon held bilateral talks earlier to discuss security issues of interest to both nations. The Joint Strike Fighter is being funded jointly by the United States and United Kingdom.