Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark (right), U.S. Navy, joins Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left) in briefing reporters at the Pentagon about the suspected terrorist attack on the USS Cole (DDG 67) in Aden, Yemen, on Oct. 12, 2000. Cohen reported that five sailors were confirmed dead, 36 wounded and 12 missing, though he believed those figures would change as work in the damaged ship continued.