Cohen Confirmed as Defense Secretary On January 22, the Senate unanimously confirmed William S. Cohen to be the nation’s twentieth Secretary of Defense. He was sworn in January 24. He is the only Republican in President Bill Clinton’s new Cabinet....
Seek Modernization . . . “I worry that the Department [of Defense] has maintained force structure and readiness but has deferred modernization to near the breaking point.”–William S. Cohen, the new Secretary of Defense, at a January 22, 1997, hearing...