Russian Defense Minister Igor Rodionov (R) meets U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen (L) and Gen. Joseph Ralston (C), head of the U.S. Air Force and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Pentagon on May 14. The Russian minister, who is in Washington for the second day of talks, hailed the new NATO-Russia agreement as good for U.S.-Russian relations.

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