Condolences during a meeting

 From left, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen offer condolences to Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski during a meeting in the Pentagon April 29, 2010. The two expressed their sorrow concerning the plane crash that occurred near Smolensk, Russia, April 10, 2010, killing 97 Polish officials, including President Lech Kaczynski and his wife. (DoD photo by R. D. Ward/Released)