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Secretary Cohen shakes hands with U.S. Marines of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (right) shakes hands with U.S. Marines of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Montieth near Gnjilane, Kosovo, on June 19, 1999. Elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit have deployed from ships of the USS Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group as an enabling force for KFOR. KFOR is the NATO-led, international military force in Kosovo conducting the peacekeeping mission known as Operation Joint Guardian.