Joe Wilson: “If the alliance said that Georgia could not enter NATO until Russia…”

On the recordApril 25, 2012

If the alliance said that Georgia could not enter NATO until Russia withdrawal from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, we, by default, would be giving Russia a veto over our decisions about enlargement.

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Joe Wilson

Republican · South Carolina

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Wilson argues against allowing Russia to control NATO's enlargement decisions.

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