[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S2172]
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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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PROTOCOLS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON ACCESSION OF POLAND, 
                     HUNGARY AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC

  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coats). The clerk will now report the 
treaty.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Treaty document 105-36. Protocols to the North Atlantic 
     Treaty of 1949 on Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech 
     Republic.

  The Senate resumed consideration of the treaty.
  Mr. WELLSTONE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, first of all, I ask for order.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I have 10 
minutes to speak as in morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered. The Senator from Minnesota is recognized for 10 minutes.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. I thank the Chair for his courtesy.

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