Ex-Pentagon chief divided on Nov poll

Former US secretary of defense William Cohen is experiencing mixed emotions on the home front as Democrats and Republicans vie for the White House at the November presidential election.

"I was the best man at John McCain's wedding, my wife is African American In fact, I have three of five grand children who are biracial," Cohen explained to China Daily yesterday in Beijing.

"We have mixed emotions about it," conceded the man who served Bill Clinton's administration from 1997-2000.