Media cover 10th Cohen Lecture
The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the 10th Cohen Lecture held at the University of Maine. Former Defense Secretary William Cohen was joined by Gen. Joseph Ralston, former supreme allied commander in Europe, and Ambassador Nicholas Burns, former undersecretary of state for political affairs, for the moderated discussion, “America’s Response to Global Instability.” Cohen said the United States needs to take a stronger leadership position in war-torn Syria, it must do more to assist refugees fleeing civil unrest in the Middle East and it should stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression in the region, according to the BDN. Cohen, 75, is a Bangor native who served 24 years in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and was Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, the BDN reports. The lecture was established in 1998 and now takes place every other year.