Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) holds a Pentagon meeting with Pakistani Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar (2nd from right). Gates is joined by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen (2nd from left), U.S. Navy, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia-Pacific Security Affairs Chip Gregson. Mukhtar is accompanied by Group Capt. Ahmer Shehzad, the air attach‚ at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington, D.C.