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On the recordApril 30, 1998
If I can ask a question on my time. Does the Senator think--and he is a strong supporter of NATO, and if he thought I was implying that he wasn't, I was not. There are others who believe very strongly that it is no longer as relevant. You and I think it is. Let me ask you, do you think this is a relevant question, a threshold question? Would the American people defend Warsaw? Do you think if that question were not answered in the affirmative, that that should be the test as to whether a nation should come in or not, or whether one should stay in, or we should stay in NATO or not?
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing the relevance of NATO and American defense commitments during a Senate debate.

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