[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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