Former defense secretary William Cohen said yesterday that as the world waits to see how a congressional panel will try to cut the deficit, lawmakers must be prodded to cross the political aisle and compromise. Cohen, the former GOP senator who served in Democratic president Bill Clinton’s administration, said it is “discouraging” to him to “see what’s taking place up on Capitol Hill,” where he said Republicans and Democrats are less willing to compromise than in the past. Speaking at the Center…
Cohen: Lawmakers Must Compromise
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