Chilean Minister of Defense Mario Fernandez (right) meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) at the Pentagon, May 24, 2001. Fernandez, in Washington, D. C., to deliver the keynote address at the Seminar on Research and Education in Defense and Security Studies being held at the National Defense University, used the opportunity to stop by the Department of Defense to discuss some issues of mutual interest with Rumsfeld. Chile's planned purchase of U.S. F-16 fighter aircraft was one of several topics under discussion.