Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (center) talks informally with Uzbekistan President Islom Karimov (left) following their meeting in the Presidential Palace in the capitol city of Tashkent on Nov. 4, 2001. Rumsfeld and the Karimov discussed the developing bilateral relationship between the military agencies of the two nations. Standing at the right is Alexei Sobchenko, an interpreter with the Department of State.