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Chuck Hagel: No, I didn't say it is for all of Europe. I said we would have a Europe, as we expand NATO eastward, that gives Europe…

On the recordApril 28, 1998
No, I didn't say it is for all of Europe. I said we would have a Europe, as we expand NATO eastward, that gives Europe an opportunity from east to west, all of Europe, to be democratic, opportunity to develop market economies, the potential to be a free continent, and that NATO could help do that.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

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Discussing the expansion of NATO and its impact on European democracy and market economies.

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