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Secretary Cohen holds a copy of "Proliferation: Threat and Response" at a press briefing.
Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen holds a copy of "Proliferation: Threat and Response" during a Pentagon press briefing on Nov. 25, 1997. Cohen released the second edition of the report which discusses the worldwide threat of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the Department of Defense response to counter these threats.