SEC. RICE MEETS WITH JAPAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ASO

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice during their meeting at the State Department in Washington on December 2, 2005. Aso is in the U.S. to discuss U.N. reform and the state of the U.S. military in Japan. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)