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| US Senate approves NATO expansion |
| 2003-05-08 |
| Edited for brevity. The Senate voted unanimously to support adding seven eastern European nations to NATO, hailing the shift of former communist states into free-market democracies allied with the United States and Western Europe. If approved by all 19 NATO member states, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia would be added to the alliance. Sixteen of the current members have not yet ratified the expansion. Foreign ministers of the seven nations were in the Senate Gallery to witness the 96-0 vote, well over the two-thirds vote needed for ratification. They were to meet later with President Bush. No House vote is needed on the expansion. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #10 Tadderly. Why I oughta..... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-05-08 14:51:22 |
| #9 I can see the recruiting poster now. Kristin wants you now. |
| Posted by: Douglas De Bono 2003-05-08 14:38:14 |
| #8 Why, tu3031, I never knew you went for shining pates! ;) (joke) |
| Posted by: Tadderly 2003-05-08 13:46:02 |
| #7 Here's who she's up against: http://europa.eu.int/comm/commissioners/vitorino/wai/index_en.htm Guess which way I'm voting? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-05-08 13:36:26 |
| #6 Dar, this is the new NATO. The face that launched a hundred precision guided weapons, much more effective than a thousand ships. The link in the story is to her on-line bio. Not too shabby. BTW, this is an open challenge to Condi Rice. She should pose in Norwegian gear. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-05-08 13:19:09 |
| #5 The face (and bod) that launched 1,000 ships, eh? |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-05-08 13:02:03 |
| #4 Whoa, Chuck! Are you kidding me? Th-th-tha-that's ...re-real-really her? How can I get a job with NATO? |
| Posted by: Michael 2003-05-08 12:36:36 |
| #3 Here's a blog entry about the possible new Secretary General of NATO: Here War-Kristin is a babe! |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-05-08 11:13:47 |
| #2 Dump Frogistan and Belgistan both - they're less than useless. Keep NATO free for free people! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2003-05-08 10:57:50 |
| #1 But are they gonna throw the frogs out? To hell with them being half-in (political, but not military), they can either put up or shut up. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-05-08 10:27:22 |