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Doug Bereuter: “I just wanted to relate the experience I saw, at a little booth there with the jeweler working and displaying his ware…”

On the recordJune 13, 2001
I just wanted to relate the experience I saw, at a little booth there with the jeweler working and displaying his ware, and he had NATO, yes. My family was sent to Siberia. His entire family never came back from Siberia, so he wanted to make sure that does not reoccur in some fashion in the future. There was this artisan who has a very strong commitment to NATO membership for Lithuania.
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Doug Bereuter

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Discussing the importance of NATO membership for Lithuania during a speech.

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