Secretary Cohen meets with Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in Manaus.
Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left) meets with Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (right) in Manaus, Brazil, on Oct. 17, 2000. The two men discussed the current events in the Middle East concerning the terrorist attack on the USS Cole (DDG 67). Cohen and Cardoso are in Manaus attending the Defense Ministerial of the Americas IV.