[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 225]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ON THE STRATEGIC CONCEPT OF NATO--MESSAGE FROM 
                          THE PRESIDENT--PM 79

  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 Armed Services:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United 
States, including by section 1221(a) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65), I hereby 
determine and certify that the new NATO Strategic Concept imposes no 
new commitment or obligation on the United States. Further, in 
accordance with section 1221(c) of the Act, I transmit herewith the 
attached unclassified report to the Congress on the potential threats 
facing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, January 31, 2000.

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