Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (right, facing) meets with British Secretary of State for Defence Geoffrey Hoon (left, near-side) in the Pentagon on Oct. 30, 2001. Rumsfeld and Hoon and meeting to discuss the progress of the war against terrorism including the present military campaign against Taliban and al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. Among those participating in the talks were Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (left of Rumsfeld) and Ambassador Christopher Meyer (right), the British ambassador to the U.S.