Bill Clinton actually said...

The addition of these three democracies to our alliance will strengthen NATO, expand the zone of stability in Europe and reduce the chances American men and women will ever again be called into Europe's fields of battle.

Context

Statement on Senate Ratification of the Protocols of Accession to NATO for Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic

04/29/1998

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