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HANOI, Vietnam -- Conscious of the symbolism, William Cohen arrived in the Vietnamese capital today as the first U.S. defense secretary to visit since the Vietnam War ended 25 years ago...
...military, saying it's about time officials ''finally acknowledged'' the longstanding problem. Defense Secretary William Cohen announced Friday he's creating a special committee to look into the problem after a Pentagon inspector general's...
...lowest-paid soldiers off of food stamps -- by making their incomes look higher on paper. But Defense Secretary William Cohen rejected the proposal Wednesday, saying it had ''sent mixed signals ... to men and women in uniform.'' In a...
...probably would follow suit and the viability of the Atlantic alliance would be called into question, Defense Secretary William Cohen said today. ''If the United States were to mandate an artificial deadline for our departure, then I suspect that...
...of the USS Cole, Pentagon officials say. So the ship's captain and crew will not be punished. Defense Secretary William Cohen said Friday that the captain and crew probably could not have prevented October's terrorist attack on the destroyer...
...political tug of war among former and present Pentagon commanders. Al Gore's campaign has put forth Defense Secretary William Cohen, the only Republican in President Clinton's Cabinet, and former Clinton Defense Secretary William Perry to dispute...
...measures, officials said Thursday. Using a secure video telecommunications link in the Pentagon, Defense Secretary William Cohen and Army Gen. Henry H. Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were to discuss the subject Thursday with...
...about the future of the tilt-rotor plane. Gen. James L. Jones, the commandant, also asked Defense Secretary William Cohen to convene a panel of experts to review the troubled $40 billion program, said Marine Corps spokesman Maj. Dave...
...missile's readiness by the target date of 2005. Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said Tuesday that Defense Secretary William Cohen is not ready to abandon the 2005 goal, but he conceded that delays in technical aspects of the project are growing...
...debates in decades. Although much is riding on the outcome the test of a national missile defense, Defense Secretary William Cohen is trying to tamp down expectations by saying it is not a make-or-break event. In a sense, some missile defense...