Qoraal sii wadida faqradan - Bishii Diseembar 5, 1996, Madaxweyne Bill Clinton wuxuu ku dhawaaqay doorashadiisa Cohen inuu noqdo Xoghayaha Difaaca, isagoo sheegay inuu ahaa "qofka saxda ah" si uu ugu dhiso guulaha William Perry (Xoghayaha Difaaca ee howlgabka ah) "si loo helo taageerada labada xisbi ee ciidamada qalabka sida ee Mareykanka ay tahay inay lahaadaan oo ay si cad u mudan yihiin". Wasiirka Gaashaandhigga, Cohen wuxuu door weyn ka ciyaaray hagidda dhaqdhaqaaqyada militariga Mareykanka ee Ciraaq iyo Kosovo, oo ay ku jiraan xil ka qaadista Wesley Clark oo ka tirsan jagadii Taliyaha Guud ee Xulafada NATO. Labada howlgal ee Desert Fox ee Ciraaq iyo Operation Allied Force ee Kosovo waxaa la bilaabay bilo kadib markii al-Qaacida ay fuliyeen qaraxyadii safaaradaha Mareykanka
Dar es Salaam, Tansaaniya, iyo Nairobi, Kenya, sanadkii 1998.