Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (2nd from right) holds talks with Chinese Deputy Chief of the General Staff Gen. Xiong Guangkai (center left) in the Pentagon on April 28, 2005. The meeting was part of the larger Defense Consultative Talks being chaired by Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith (2nd from left). Joining Wolfowitz and Feith on the U.S. side are Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter Rodman (center right) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian & Pacific Affairs Richard Lawless (right foreground).