By Noel Sheppard | September 14, 2013 | 2:51 PM EDT

The media are predictably giddy about an agreement being reached in Geneva between the United States and Russia concerning Syria.

Former Clinton Defense Secretary William Cohen was not very optimistic Friday telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper that he felt it was “highly unlikely” Bashar al-Assad would dismantle his chemical weapons.

By Mike Bates | September 18, 2008 | 8:02 PM EDT

Updated with correction below.

CNN's Situation Room today featured a Wolf Blitzer interview with former Defense Secretary William Cohen. As a lead in to the interview, White House correspondent Elaine Quijano reported on President Bush's actions to quiet the country's financial jitters. She wrapped up: