Chief of the Italian Defense Staff Gen. Rolando Mosca Moschini (right) meets with Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (foreground) in the Pentagon on Dec. 4, 2003. Moschini and Wolfowitz, along with a small number of their senior advisors, are meeting to discuss a range of security issues of mutual interest. Italy has been a strong member of the coalition in the reconstruction of Iraq, sending 2,500 troops to help maintain law and order.