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Lincoln Chafee: “I join in the congratulations both to the President, for having chosen Bill Cohen, and Bill Cohen, for making himself…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 1997
I join in the congratulations both to the President, for having chosen Bill Cohen, and Bill Cohen, for making himself available. Bill Cohen is one of the really great Senators with whom I have had the privilege of serving in this body. As the Senator from North Dakota mentioned, he and I and others were part of a centrist coalition that was bipartisan, which reached across the aisle. We are going to see Bill Cohen conduct his office in the same fashion. It is going to be an office that will provide for all Americans. It is with great pleasure that I second the nomination of Bill Cohen for Secretary of Defense.
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Lincoln Chafee
Rhode Island
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Supporting the nomination of Bill Cohen for Secretary of Defense.

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