04/27/2009
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"Decisions on enlargement are for NATO and the nation in question; no other outside country, such as Russia, has a voice in the process."
"I have visited U.S. troops in harm's way in every conflict that we had when I was in the Senate."
"NATO is the most successful defense and security alliance in the history of the world."
"Absolutely. The President has come to see that NATO is important."