House Proceeding on Jul 30th, 2008 :: 0:07:19 to 0:11:01
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Speech By: George Radanovich

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George Radanovich: organized crime, which represents the most t dangerous threats to national and international security. as an ac tive contributor to nato-led operations in afghanistan, croatia has h already

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Earl Pomeroy: demonstrated ditself willing and capable to asssse itself res ponsibility of nato membership and will prove to be an effective contributor to the collective defense and overall alliance mission.

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Speech By: Earl Pomeroy

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Earl Pomeroy: in totalcroatia currently participates in 17 at international peacekeeping missions and is a current nonpermanent member of the united nations security council.l. as co-chair of t he croatian

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Earl Pomeroy: caucus, it's long been a goal ng of ours to see croatia get an invitation to become part of nato. i was glad to see discussions came earlier -- began earlier this year. nato has taken notice

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Earl Pomeroy: of their political, social and military reforms. all croatians and croatian americans deserve to feelrv true t national pride in this accomplishment. i know i speak for myself, my co-chair,

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Earl Pomeroy: mr. vis clouse key to say we look forward to working w with croatia and their very capable embassy here in the united states on a variety of issues of mutual concern. this is truly a greattr

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Earl Pomeroy: accomplishment for the natiomen of croatia. and it is very appropriate that pr as a congress we sta and together to honor t he accomplishments of hm our friend and ally. i thank all the memberans who co-sponsored

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Earl Pomeroy: this resolution and helped to bring it to the floor and encourage my colleagues to join me today in honoring croatia and albania. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore:

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Earl Pomeroy: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from north dakota, mr. pomeroy. y. the spea

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Earl Pomeroy: ker pro tempore: the gentleman from north dakoanta is recognized for three minutes. mr. pomeroy: madam speaker, i rise today in suppriort of this resolution. i'm v ery pleased that albania

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Earl Pomeroy: and croatia were invitcred to join the allianceia in bucharest this year. they have advanced stability and cooperation among nato's member states. and this invitation to albania and croatia

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Earl Pomeroy: to join thcre alliance is very welcomed news.ry unfortun ately, another friend er and important ally, the republ ic of macedonia, was blocked from joining nato at the bucharest summit due to

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Earl Pomeroy: the object ion of a single nation, greece, over the official name macedonia. this is very disappointing. d macedonia has made significant, economic and political reforndms. they'v e made a strongon contributions

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Earl Pomeroy: to the u.sbu.-led military missions. they've been deemed to be fuenlly qua lified to become a member of the alliance. now, greece is our long-time friend, our valid ally. but their refusal to

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Earl Pomeroy: allow macedonia into nato over aa bilateral name disputepu repres ents to my belief thebe first time nato membership has em been dbeenied any country due to a bilateral disputesp unrelated

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to strategic defense considerations of the alliances. now, this is a veryer troubling precedent. it sets the stage for what could be a pattern where member states leverage their advantage to nonmember