[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 5 (Monday, February 7, 2000)]
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Message to the Congress Certifying No New Commitments Under 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.