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...women are passive, right? Women like to "talk things out." Not this woman. Madeleine Albright, as many are quick to point out, is not "soft" on foreign policy issues. She was raised the daughter of a Czech diplomat, Joseph Korbel, and was forced to flee Czechoslovakia, first from the Nazis in 1938 and then later when the Communists came to power. The result, Albright said, is that "My mindset is Munich; most of my generation's was Vietnam." In a day and age where many political leaders are pushing for a more limited use of force, Albright is a fervent...
...need to station nuclear weapons on the territory of any new members," Christopher said, adding he hoped Russia would accept expansion. Christopher offered the assurances as the 16 NATO foreign ministers set a summit meeting for next summer to expand the alliance as soon as in 1999. Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary are considered locks; Romania and Slovenia could join them. But Christopher was less forceful on the problem of Slobodan Milosevic, whom he criticized cautiously: "We join in condemning the Serbian government's decision to ignore the results of the Nov. 17 elections. The people of Serbia deserve...
Holbrooke also discussed the importance of strengthening NATO by increasing its membership. He mentioned the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland as countries that might join NATO in the future...
Dole differs from Clinton on the question of expanding NATO too. Dole wants the alliance to admit Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic by 1998, a quicker timetable than the President deems prudent, given Russia's opposition. But Dole goes even further. He also wants the Baltic states in NATO, a step guaranteed to worsen U.S. relations with Moscow. This is a debate worth having, but don't hold your breath. In the current campaign's game of charge and countercharge, sober discussion has taken a back seat...
Additional confirmation came last week from the witness who followed Corso to the table: Jan Sejna, a former major general in the Czech army, says he defected to the U.S. rather than help the Soviets invade his country in 1968. He was chief of staff of the Czech Ministry of Defense and had access to the most secret information...