William Cohen
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Sebastian Cohen, William S. Cohen
American politician (born 1940)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 46
Top works
- Demographic characteristics of the population of the United States, 1930- 1950, county-level
- Peter Drucker
- Computer Scientist's Guide to Cell Biology
- Peter Drucker's Way to the Top
- Books
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 16
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 62,978x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,841x
- A power primer.
· 1992 · cited 41,579x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,567x
- A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales
· 1960 · cited 31,957x
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Key facts
- President
- Bill Clinton
- Deputy
- John Hamre , Rudy de Leon
- Preceded by
- William J. Perry
- Succeeded by
- Donald Rumsfeld
- Born
- William Sebastian Cohen , ( 1940-08-28 ) August 28, 1940 (age 85) , Bangor, Maine , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Spouses
- Diana Dunn ( divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1987 ) Janet Langhart ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 )
- Education
- Bowdoin College ( BA ), Boston University ( LLB )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Cohen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bangor
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- member of the United States House of Representatives
- Educated at
- primary school
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Unitarian Universalism
- Image
- William Cohen, official portrait.jpg
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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Encyclopedic overview
William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American attorney, author, and politician from Maine. A Republican, Cohen served as a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973–1979) and Senate (1979–1997), and as Secretary of Defense (1997–2001) under President Bill Clinton.
Described as "a Republican moderate from Maine" and "something of a maverick centrist" by David Halberstam, Cohen had very good working relations with President Clinton and National Security Adviser Sandy Berger and an "almost ideal" collaboration with the Joint Chiefs of Staff; however he often clashed with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, whom he saw as "a grandstander, too outspoken on policy matters, and too eager to use military force."
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