[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 22 (Thursday, February 26, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S1679]
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    REPORT RELATIVE TO THE INCLUSION OF BULGARIA, ESTONIA, LATVIA, 
       LITHUANIA, ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA, AND SLOVENIA IN NATO--PM 66

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

To the Senate of the United States:
  Consistent with Condition (1)(A) of the resolution of advice and 
consent to the ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic 
Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, adopted by the United 
States Senate on May 8, 2003, and based on the recommendation of the 
Department of Senate, I hereby certify to the Senate that:
  (i) the inclusion of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, 
Slovakia, and Slovenia in NATO will not have the effect of increasing 
the overall percentage share of the United States in the common budgets 
of NATO; and (ii) the inclusion of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia in NATO does not detract 
from the ability of the United States to meet or to fund its military 
requirements outside the North Atlantic area.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, February 25, 2004.

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