Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (2nd from left) thanks Nelson Mandela (3rd from right) for meeting with him and members of his delegation at Mandela's home in the village of Qunu, near the town of Umtata, Eastern Cape, South Africa, on Feb. 16, 2000. Also attending the meeting were (L to R in the back row): Capt. Dusty Higgs, South African Navy, military attaché at the Embassy of South Africa in Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Lewis with her husband U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Delano Eugene Lewis, Sr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Bernd McConnell, and Mrs. Janet Langhart Cohen.