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Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz (left) hosts a meeting with visiting Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Ysuf bin Alawi.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (left) hosts a meeting at the Pentagon, June 20, 2001, with visiting Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Ysuf bin Alawi, of the Sultanate of Oman. A broad range of regional security issues of interest to both nations were discussed. Also participating in the talks, on the American side were (left to right from Wolfowitz): Ambassador John Craig, U.S. ambassador to Oman; Joseph McMillan, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs, and Brig. Gen. John Batiste, senior military assistant to the deputy secretary of defense.