American Jewish Committee Urges NATO Expansion

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: July 30, 2002 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, July 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Jewish Committee today urged NATO to extend formal invitations for full membership to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia when the alliance's 19 member countries gather in Prague in November.

"Their succession to NATO will serve the national security interest of the United States," David A. Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, told a news conference at the National Press Club ...