Bill Clinton: “It could, but it may not require an increased military budget. That is, all of our militaries are doing different…”

“It could, but it may not require an increased military budget. That is, all of our militaries are doing different things. On the budget, let me say--this is one other point I should make--there are costs for Europeans and costs for Americans in expanding NATO, and it's important, therefore, to make a good military decision because you have to justify the costs to the public. That's why it can't simply be about politics, because we have to--we're all obliged to do certain things to keep the military able to work with one another; the term of art is ``interoperability.'' So that's another thing we have to consider. Russia”