Bill Clinton: “Oh, I think of course they were disappointed. But I think they also--the leaders have managed this very well, and they…”

“Oh, I think of course they were disappointed. But I think they also--the leaders have managed this very well, and they talked very frankly to the people and said--well, you heard what the President said today. NATO is a part of their larger strategy. And as long as they see that we're all still on the same page with the larger strategy, that we want them integrated into the West, we want their democracy to flourish, we want their economy to do well, and that if they keep going the way they're going, they will certainly be qualified for NATO membership. And everybody--100 percent of us in Madrid agreed that one of the things that we wanted was to have some more membership from the southern flank, because of the problems that are likely to develop in this region in the years ahead.”