    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [January 31, 2000]
    [Page 162]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on the New NATO Strategic Concept
    January 31, 2000

    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.