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Congress and NATO Expansion - 1998

Hearings

NATO Enlargement
February 24, 1998 Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Secretary Albright
• William S. Cohen Secretary of Defense

Issues Related to NATO Enlargement
March 19, 1998 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• William J. Perry, Former Secretary of Defense
• William Kristol, Chair Project for the New American Century
• William Hyland, Former Editor, Foreign Affairs
• Susan Eisenhower, Chair Center for Political and Strategic Studies

U.S. POLICY TOWARD ESTONIA, LATVIA AND LITHUANIA
July 15, 1998 -- Senate Foreign Relations European Subcommittee

• Marc Grossman Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs

Confirmation Hearings
July 16, 1998 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• JIM HOLMES AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO LATVIA
• MELISSA WELLS AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO ESTONIA

Floor Debate

PROTOCOLS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON ACCESSION OF POLAND, HUNGARY, AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC
• STATEMENT OF SENATOR JOHN WARNER ON THE NATO EXPANSION AMENDMENT (Senate - February 10, 1998)
• Senator BIDEN - NATO ENLARGEMENT (Senate - February 11, 1998)
• Senator D'AMATO - NATO EXPANSION (Senate - February 23, 1998)
• NATO EXPANSION MORATORIUM CONDITION (Senate - February 27, 1998)
• WARNER (AND OTHERS) EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1678 (Senate - February 27, 1998)
• NATO EXPANSION (Senate - February 27, 1998)
• Senator HELMS and others - 17 March 1998
• Senator ROTH - 17 March 1998
• HARKIN EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2018 - March 17, 1998
• Senator HARKIN - 17 March 1998
• Senators MIKULSKI and McCAIN - 18 March 1998
• MOTION TO PROCEED (Senate - March 18, 1998)
• Motion to Proceed March 18, 1998, 12:43 pm Page S-2172 Temp. Record Vote No. 36
• General Debate - 19 March 1998
• General Debate continued - 19 March 1998
• Senator ASHCROFT - 19 March 1998
• HARKIN AMENDMENTS NOS. 2050-2052 (Senate - March 19, 1998)
• Senators HUTCHISON and CRAIG - 20 March 1998
• Senator SMITH - 20 March 1998
• Senator STEVENS - 23 March 1998
• CRAIG (AND HUTCHISON) EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2082 (Senate - March 23, 1998)
• JEFFORDS EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2304 (Senate - April 22, 1998)
• KYL (AND LOTT) EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2310 (Senate - April 27, 1998)
• CRAIG EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2311 (Senate - April 27, 1998)
• General Debate (Senate - April 27, 1998)
• STATEMENT BY SENATOR JESSE HELMS ON NATO ENLARGEMENT (Senate - April 27, 1998)
• Debate on HARKIN EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2312 TO LIMIT ANY UNITED STATES SUBSIDY OF THE NATIONAL EXPENSES OF POLAND, HUNGARY, OR THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN MEETING ITS NATO COMMITMENTS (Senate - April 28, 1998)
• KYL EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2310, AS MODIFIED on The Strategic Concept of NATO (Senate - April 28, 1998)
• HARKIN EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2312 - Rollcall Vote No. 106 (Senate - April 28, 1998)
• EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2314 TO EXPRESS A CONDITION REQUIRING FULL COOPERATION FROM POLAND, HUNGARY, AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC WITH THE UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO OBTAIN THE FULLEST POSSIBLE ACCOUNTING OF CAPTURED AND MISSING UNITED STATES PERSONNEL FROM PAST MILITARY CONFLICTS OF COLD WAR INCIDENTS (Senate - April 28, 1998)
• KYL EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2310, AS MODIFIED on The Strategic Concept of NATO Rollcall Vote No. 107 Leg. (Senate - April 28, 1998)
• General Debate (Senate - April 28, 1998)
• HARKIN EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2312 (Senate - April 28, 1998)
• CONRAD (AND BINGAMAN) EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2313 (Senate - April 28, 1998)
• AMENDMENTS EN BLOC, AS MODIFIED, May 21, 1998 - Part D amendment No. 8 offered by Mr. Frank of Massachusetts and Mr. Sisisky: LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS FOR COST OF NATO EXPANSION.
• ASHCROFT -- NATO EXPANSION (Senate - July 09, 1998)
• BALTIC STATES AND NATO EXPANSION (Senate - September 02, 1998)

Legislation and Reports

• PROTOCOLS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON ACCESSION OF POLAND, HUNGARY, AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC Treaty Doc. 105-36 105th Congress 2d Session February 11, 1998
• Treaty Doc. 105-36 -- Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic Senate Republican Policy Committee March 18, 1998

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