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On the recordApril 29, 1998
You have. Secondly, I was reminded by my staff that our present NATO Ambassador called me personally, and maybe others, asking that he not be put into a position of even having to introduce it, because he thought it was such a serious mistake to even raise that specter. Now, it seems to me that if I were a member of the NAC presently, if I were France, I might like this dispute resolution mechanism. They have been trying very hard to take over your fleet, without supplying a ship. They have been trying very hard to take titular leadership of NATO--I will get a lot of letters on this. I see Senator Roth's senior staff saying: There he goes again with the French.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing NATO leadership and dispute resolution mechanisms during a Senate floor debate.

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