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Article: Defense Secretary Cohen meets with UAE officials.

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November 20, 2000
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 18 (UPI)

Under tight security Defense Secretary William Cohen Saturday met with officials from the United Arab Emirates and next travels to Qatar as he seeks to shore up support for United Nations sanctions on Saddam Hussein.

Cohen met with Abu Dabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed. UAE President Shaykh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan is in the United States for a kidney transplant.

This is Cohen's ninth and probably his last visit to the region as defense secretary, and a vital one as he assures the Gulf nations the United States will ...

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