03/10/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"NATO is a military alliance, but it is also a political alliance."
"The future of the Western Balkans is inside Europe."
"However, there is one area that they will never be able to compete with us on and that is our alliances."
"Frankly, the reality is that our ability to defend Europe will increasingly be constrained as we move to address the threats from the PRC."