Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left) meets with Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa (center), of Bahrain, and His Excellency Mohammed bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa (right), Bahrain's foreign minister, in Cohen's Pentagon office on Jan. 21, 2000. The private meeting is preceding a larger plenary session involving some of Cohen's senior policy advisors and the full defense delegation from Bahrain.