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United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, March 28, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:378
Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on North Atlantic Treaty Organization Enlargement,
March 25, 2003
Dear Mr. Chairman:
On August 26, 2002, I submitted a report "regarding each country being actively considered for NATO membership." That report was prepared pursuant to section 3(2)(E)(i) of the Resolution of Ratification to the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, adopted on April 30, 1998.
As you know, on November 22, 2002, I joined the other leaders of NATO in inviting Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to become members of NATO. I am firmly convinced that the membership of these nations will advance the cause of freedom, and make NATO stronger for the future.
Section 3(2)(E)(ii) of the 1998 Resolution of Ratification requires classified and unclassified updates to the report submitted on August 26, 2002. As stated in that Resolution, "Prior to the signing of any protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of any country, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, in classified and unclassified forms:
(I) updating the information contained in the report required under clause (i) with respect to that country; and
(II) including an analysis of that country’s ability to meet the full range of the financial burdens of NATO membership, and the likely impact upon the military effectiveness of NATO of the country invited for accession talks, if the country were to be admitted to NATO."
I am hereby providing this updated report, as prepared by my Administration. In doing so, I note with appreciation the continued and strong bipartisan support that the Congress has shown on the issue of NATO enlargement.
Sincerely,
George W. Bush
Note: Identical letters were sent to Richard G. Lugar, chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; John W. Warner, chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services; Ted Stevens, chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Henry J. Hyde, chairman, House Committee on International Relations; Duncan Hunter, chairman, House Committee on Armed Services; and C.W. Bill Young, chairman, House Committee on Appropriations. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on March 26.
Chicago: George W. Bush, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, March 28, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:378 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, March 28, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:378 379. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UYCEHTFQ4EDT5FU.
MLA: Bush, George W. United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, March 28, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:378, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, March 28, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:378, page 379. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UYCEHTFQ4EDT5FU.
Harvard: Bush, GW, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, March 28, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:378. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, March 28, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:378, pp.379. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UYCEHTFQ4EDT5FU.
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