Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (second from left) sits down with Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China Central Military Commission Gen. Guo Boxiong (right) for a bilateral meeting in Rumsfeld's Pentagon office on July 18, 2006. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, (left) and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter W. Rodman (fourth from left) joined Rumsfeld in the meeting.