Republican ex-defense secretary William Cohen backs Clinton
Source: Bangor Daily News
WASHINGTON — Former Maine U.S. Sen. William Cohen, a Republican who served as secretary of defense, said he’ll likely vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in November, citing her experience as secretary of state and former first lady.
“In all likelihood, I would say yes,” Cohen, who served as defense secretary under Clinton’s husband, Bill, from 1997 to 2001, told MSNBC in an interview when asked if she had earned his vote.
“I would not feel comfortable” with Republican Donald Trump, Clinton’s billionaire rival and a political novice, having access to the nation’s nuclear codes, Cohen said. “I’d feel more comfortable with Hillary Clinton, certainly.”
Cohen, 76, a Bangor native and lawyer who served in Congress from 1973 to 1997, has long been a voice of moderation: In his first term as the congressman from Maine’s 2nd District, he was one of the first Republicans to support impeaching President Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.
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