Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov (2nd from right) meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) in the Pentagon on Sept. 19, 2002, to discuss a number of bilateral security issues. Accompanying Ivanov are (left to right): Gen-Maj. Andrey Chobotov, assistant to the Minister of Defense; Gen-Col. Yuriy Baluyevskjy, first deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and Russia's Ambassador to the U.S. Yuriy Ushakov.