EU External Affairs Commissioner Christopher Patten (L), U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (2nd R) and EU Secretary General Javier Solana (R) look on as EU President Brian Cowen delivers remarks, at the State Department in Washington, March 1, 2004. The four met earlier in the day and said that topics of discussion included the situation in Haiti and trade between the U.S. and European Union members. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst JME