[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 161 (Monday, December 15, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2416-E2417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      SUPPORT OF NATO ENLARGEMENT

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                          HON. CHRISTOPHER COX

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 13, 1997

  Mr. COX of California. Mr. Speaker, I want to endorse this bipartisan 
letter in support of NATO enlargement, which was unveiled earlier this 
autumn by Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, former Assistant Secretary of 
Defense Richard Perle, former National Security Adviser Anthony Lake, 
and Ambassador Richard Perle.
  Attachment: Letter, with list of signatories.

         New Atlantic Initiative Statement on NATO Enlargement

  (The New Atlantic Initiative, an international network dedicated to 
   revitalizing and expanding Atlantic ties, released the following 
  statement in support of NATO enlargement on September 9, 1997. The 
statement was released by Richard Holbrooke, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Anthony 
  Lake, and Paul Wolfowitz at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium, where the 
   original North Atlantic Treaty was signed in April 1949. For more 
            information about the NAI call: (202) 862-5850)

       NATO was the bulwark of America's successful Cold War 
     strategy of containment. Largely due to NATO, Europe has 
     enjoyed more than fifty years without war among its major 
     powers, the longest such period in modern history.
       NATO succeeded not only by providing a shield against 
     aggression from without but also by helping to knit together 
     a community of democracies in which old quarrels faded, the 
     civic culture of democracy sank deep roots, and market 
     economies prospered.
       In part because of NATO's success, the Cold War has ended, 
     and with it NATO's original mission. In larger purpose of 
     ensuring peace and freedom in Europe and the Atlantic region 
     endures. To continue to fulfill this purpose NATO is adapting 
     to an undivided Europe. NATO is no longer an anti-Soviet 
     alliance; nor should it engage in the self-fulfilling 
     prophecy of pre-selecting new enemies. Rather it is defining 
     itself in more positive terms: as an alliance aiming to 
     promote peace and stability in the Atlantic region, devoted 
     to the spread and consolidation of democratic ways in Europe, 
     and capable of protecting Western interests against such 
     future threats as may emerge. At bottom, NATO remains a 
     mutual defense pact, and this solemn commitment gives all of 
     its acts a weight and seriousness that distinguish it from 
     other international organizations.
       Crucial to this process of adaptation is NATO's willingness 
     to admit new members able to meet meaningful criteria of 
     democracy and military effort. Otherwise it will remain a 
     relic of the Cold War of diminishing relevance to the 
     contemporary world. Admission to NATO will consolidate 
     democratic transitions, and the prospect of admission will 
     spur reform and the resolution of disputes, as indeed has 
     already happened. In addition, NATO has made clear its desire 
     to develop cooperative security relations among all of the 
     states of the Euro-Atlantic region including Russia. Czech 
     President Vaclav Havel has put it: ``NATO expansion should be 
     perceived as a continuous process, in which the nations of 
     Central and Eastern Europe mature toward the meaning, values 
     and goals of the enlarged and revived alliance.''
       To those who say that the nations of central Europe face no 
     threat today, we say that the most likely way to preserve 
     this situation, which has been all too rare, is to extend 
     NATO to that region. To those who say that the addition of 
     these new members will somehow dilute NATO, we say that 
     Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, where freedom is 
     dearly cherished having been so recently won, will add 
     strength to NATO. To those who say that expanding NATO will 
     draw new lines in Europe, we say that it will erase old 
     lines, relics of a bitter time, and that NATO's openness to 
     additional accessions means that new lines are not in fact 
     being drawn. To those who worry that Russia will feel 
     threatened, we emphasize that NATO is a defensive alliance 
     that threatens no one and extends a hand of cooperation to 
     Russia.
       The decision on NATO expansion is of historic importance. 
     The stakes are high. The issue is clear. Admitting Poland, 
     Hungary and the Czech Republic into NATO will strengthen the 
     alliance, reinforce new democracies, renew the American 
     commitment to Europe, and reaffirm American leadership. To 
     turn back now would be a tragic mistake.

     Signers to New Atlantic Initiative NATO Enlargement Statement

  (Organizational affiliation given for identification purposes only. 
 Views reflected in the statement are endorsed by the individual, not 
                            the institution)

         Richard V. Allen, Former National Security Advisor; 
           Morris B. Abram, Chairman, United Nations Watch, Former 
           Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the United 
           Nations office in Geneva; Elliott Abrams, President, 
           Ethics & Public Policy Center, Former Assistant 
           Secretary of State; David M. Abshire, Former U.S. 
           Ambassador to NATO; Michael H. Armacost, President, The 
           Brookings Institution, Former Undersecretary of State; 
           Richard Armitage, President, Armitage Associates L.C., 
           Former Assistant Secretary of Defense; Bernard Aronson, 
           Chairman, Acon Investments, Former Assistant Secretary 
           of State; Norman R. Augustine, Chairman, Lockheed 
           Martin Corp., Former Undersecretary of the Army; James 
           A. Baker, III, Former Secretary of State; Mira Baratta, 
           Vice President for Programs, Freedom House; Dennis 
           Bark, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institute; Michael D. 
           Barnes, Partner, Hogan & Hartson, Former Member of 
           Congress.
         Douglas J. Bennet, President, Wesleyan University, Former 
           Administrator, USAID; Lucy Wilson Benson, President, 
           Benson Associates, Former Undersecretary of State; 
           Jeffrey T. Bergner, President, Bergner, Bockorny, 
           Clough & Brain; Coit D. Blacker, Senior Fellow, 
           Institute for International Studies, Stanford 
           University; J. Kenneth Blackwell, Treasurer, State of 
           Ohio, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UNHRC; Joh Bolton, 
           Senior Vice President, American Enterprise Institute, 
           Former Assistant Secretary of State; David L. Boren, 
           President, University of Oklahoma, Former U.S. Senator; 
           Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former National Security Advisor; 
           Richard Burt, Chairman, IEP Advisor, Inc., Former U.S. 
           Ambassador to Germany; Frank C. Carlucci, III, Former 
           Secretary of Defense; Ashton B. Carter, Ford Foundation 
           Professor, JFK School of Government, Harvard 
           University, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense; 
           Hodding Carter, Knight Professor of Journalism, 
           University of Maryland, Former Assistant Secretary of 
           State.
         Richard Cheney, Former Secretary of Defense; Warren 
           Christopher, Former Secretary of State; Clark M. 
           Clifford, Former Secretary of Defense; Chester A. 
           Crocker, Research Professor for Diplomacy, School of 
           Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Ivo H. Daalder, 
           Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, 
           University of Maryland; Arnaud de Borchgrave, Senior 
           Advisor, CSIS, Dennis De Concini, Former U.S. Senator; 
           Midge Decter, Author; James Denton, Executive Director, 
           Freedom House; I.M. Destler, Professor and Director, 
           Center for International and Security Studies, 
           University of Maryland; Paula J. Dobriansky, Vice 
           President, Director of Washington Office, Council on 
           Foreign Relations; Bob Dole, Former U.S. Senator; 
           Pierre S. DuPont, Former Governor of Delaware; Lawrence 
           Eagleburger, Former Secretary of State; J.J. Exon, 
           Former U.S. Senator.
         Dante B. Fascell, Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP, Former 
           Member of Congress; Douglas J. Feith, Managing 
           Attorney, Feith & Zell, P.C.; Sandra Feldman, 
           President, American Federation of Teachers; Francis 
           Fukuyama, Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George 
           Mason University; Evan G. Galbraith, Chairman of the 
           Board, LVMH Inc., Former U.S. Ambassador to France; 
           Richard N. Gardner, OF Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & 
           Bockius, Former U.S. Ambassador to Italy; Charles Gati, 
           Senior Vice President, Interinvest; Jeffrey Gedmin, 
           Executive Director, New Atlantic Initiative, Research 
           Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Gary L. Geipel, 
           Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; David C. Gompert, 
           Professor, U.S. Naval Academy, Former Senior Director 
           for European and Eurasian Affairs, National Security 
           Council; Stephen J. Hadley, Shea & Gardner, Former 
           Assistant Secretary of Defense; Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 
           Former Secretary of State; Edward T. Hanley, General 
           President, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees, 
           International Union; Marshall Freeman Harris, Director 
           of Publications and Public Outreach, Freedom House.
         Carla A. Hills, Chairman and CEO, Hills & Company, Former 
           U.S. Trade Representative; Richard Holbrooke, Vice 
           Chairman, Credit Suisse First Boston, Former Assistant 
           Secretary of State; Walter D. Huddleston, Former U.S. 
           Senator; Samuel Huntington, Weatherhead University 
           Professor, Harvard University; Kenneth Jensen, 
           Executive Director, The American Committees on Foreign 
           Relations; John T. Joyce, President, International 
           Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers; Robert 
           Kagan, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for 
           International Peace; Max M. Kampelman, Chairman, 
           American Academy of Diplomacy, Former Counselor, U.S. 
           Department of State; Adrian Karatnycky, President, 
           Freedom House; P. X. Kelley, Gen. USMC (ret.),

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           Former Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps; Jack Kemp, 
           Co-director, Empower America, Former Member of 
           Congress; Zalmay M. Khalizhad, Director, Strategy and 
           Doctrine Program, RAND Corporation; Lane Kirkland, 
           President Emeritus, AFL-CIO; Jeane Kirkpatrick, Former 
           U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Henry Kissinger, 
           Former Secretary of State.
         William Kristol, Editor, The Weekly Standard; Melvin 
           Laird, Former Secretary of Defense; Anthony Lake, 
           Professor, Georgetown University, Former National 
           Security Advisor; F. Stephen Larabee, Senior Staff 
           Member, RAND Corporation; Arnold G. Langbo, Chairman of 
           the Board/CEO, Kellogg Company; Ronald S. Lauder, 
           Chairman, Central European Media Enterprises Ltd.; 
           Michael Ledeen, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise 
           Institute; I. Lewis Libby, Partner, Dechert, Price & 
           Rhoads, Former Principal Undersecretary of Defense; 
           Robert J. Lieber, Professor of Government, Georgetown 
           University; Seymour Martin Lipset, Hazel Professor of 
           Public Policy, George Mason University; Bette Bao Lord, 
           Chairwoman, Freedom House; Winston Lord, Former 
           Assistant Secretary of State; Will Marshall, President, 
           Progressive Policy Institute; Paul McCracken, Professor 
           Emeritus, University of Michigan Business School, 
           Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors.
         Dave McCurdy, Chairman, McCurdy Group, Former Member of 
           Congress; Robert C. McFarlane, Former National Security 
           Advisor; John Melcher, Former U.S. Senator; Walter 
           Mondale, Former Vice President of the United States; 
           John E. Moon, Commander in Chief, Veterans of Foreign 
           Wars of the United States; Joshua Muravchik, Convenor, 
           New Atlantic Initiative Working Group on NATO 
           Enlargement, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise 
           Institute; Michael Nacht, Former Assistant Director, 
           U.S. ACDA; Matthew Nimetz, Partner, Paul, Weiss, 
           Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Former Undersecretary of 
           State; James J. Norton, President, Graphic 
           Communications International Union; Michael Novak, 
           George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, American 
           Enterprise Institute, Former U.S. Ambassador to the 
           UNHRC; William E. Odom, Ltg. USA (ret.); Director, 
           National Security Studies, Hudson Institute, Former 
           Director, National Security Agency; Daniel Oliver, 
           Former Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; John 
           O'Sullivan, Founder and Co-chairman, New Atlantic 
           Initiative, Editor, National Review.
         William A. Owens, President, COO, Vice Chairman of the 
           Board, Science Applications International Corporation; 
           Charles Percy, Chairman, Charles Percy & Associates, 
           Former U.S. Senator; Richard Perle, Resident Fellow, 
           American Enterprise Institute, Former Assistant 
           Secretary of Defense; William Perry, Former Secretary 
           of Defense; Daniel Pipes, Editor, Middle East 
           Quarterly; Norman Podhoretz, Editor-at-large, 
           Commentary Magazine, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; 
           Colin Powell, Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
           Staff; Former National Security Advisor; Dan Quayle, 
           Former Vice President of the United States; David 
           Rockefeller, Retired banker; Peter Rodman, Director of 
           National Security Programs, Nixon Center for Peace and 
           Freedom, Former Director, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. 
           Department of State; William Rogers, Former Secretary 
           of State; Henry S. Rowen, Senior Fellow, Hoover 
           Institution, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense; 
           Edward L. Rowny, Ltg. USA (ret.), Former Chief U.S. 
           Negotiator to START talks; Donald Rumsfeld, Former 
           Secretary of Defense.
         Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, Harvard Institute for 
           International Development; Jeffrey T. Salmon; George 
           Shultz, Former Secretary of State; Dmitri K. Simes, 
           President, Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom; Paul 
           Simon, Former U.S. Senator; Alan Simpson, Former U.S. 
           Senator; Joseph J. Sisco, Former Undersecretary of 
           State; Leon Sloss, President, Leon Sloss Associates; 
           Stephen Solarz, President, Solarz Associates, Former 
           Member of Congress; Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Guest Scholar, 
           The Brookings Institution, Former Counsellor, U.S. 
           Department of State; Fritz Stern, University Professor 
           Emeritus, Columbia University; Robert S. Strauss, Akin, 
           Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Former U.S. Ambassador to 
           Russia; William O. Studeman, Adm. USN (ret.), Former 
           Deputy Director of Central Intelligence; Stephen Szabo, 
           Academic Dean, Johns Hopkins SAIS; Gregory F. 
           Treverton, Director, International Security and Defense 
           Policy, RAND Corporation, Former Vice Chairman, 
           National Intelligence Council.
         Cyrus R. Vance, Former Secretary of State; Stephen W. 
           Walker, Director, Balkan Institute; Ben J. Wattenberg, 
           Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Vin 
           Weber, Partner, Clark & Weinstock, Former Member of 
           Congress; William H. Webster, Former Director of 
           Central Intelligence; George Weigel, Senior Fellow, 
           Ethics and Public Policy Center; W. Bruce Weinrod, 
           Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; Ross 
           Williams, President, Secretary/Treasurer, Oklahoma 
           State AFL-CIO; Paul Wolfowitz, Dean, Johns Hopkins 
           SAIS, Former Undersecretary of Defense; Ronald B. 
           Woodard, President, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group; 
           R. James Woolsey, Former Director of Central 
           Intelligence; Dov S. Zakheim, CEO, SPC International 
           Corporation; Robert B. Zoellick, Vice President, Fannie 
           Mae, Former Undersecretary of State; E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., 
           Adm. U.S.N. (Ret.), Former Chief of Naval Operations.

           

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