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On the recordApril 29, 1998
I see NATO as a military alliance that has been extremely successful, that has worked very well, and I don't want to see anything happen to NATO that would change the focus of what it really is. I think what will happen is there will be a procedure set up for every group that has a gripe about another ethnic group to come to a forum, to present their case, and perhaps some of them will bring propaganda, that it could turn NATO into a little sideshow, into a world sideshow, a propaganda stage. I am very concerned about that. Again, I think the reason I am concerned is that I support NATO enlargement. I think this amendment would, in fact, take us off course of what we are trying to do.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Discussing the implications of the Hutchison amendment on NATO during Senate floor debate.

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