BDN and WABI report on Cohen Lecture
The Bangor Daily News and WABI-5 (Bangor) reported on the 2022 Cohen Lecture, where Former Secretaries of Defense Gen. James Mattis and William Cohen referred to Russian president Vladimir Putin as a war criminal. Mattis, who was President Donald Trump’s first Secretary of Defense, said he thinks Putin has already lost the war he started. “He’s going to lose this gamble, and he’s going to lose it big,” Mattis said. Meanwhile, Cohen emphasized America’s duty to learn from its mistakes for a better future. “The one great thing about democracies is that we’re willing to look at our flaws, the mistakes we’ve made, and say how do we avoid those mistakes? How do we make ourselves better?” Cohen said. Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Kyle Carpenter also presented at the Cohen Lecture.