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Secretary of Defense William Cohen, speaking at the U.S. Embassy in the company of President William Jefferson Clinton (seated left), Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (seated right) and Ambassador and Mrs. Richard Gardner (seated left-center), recounts some of the historic developments of the day. Hours earlier, at the NATO summit, the presidents and prime ministers of the 16 member nations reached a consensus on inviting three nations, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, each a former satellite of the Soviet Union, to join the Western military alliance. It was hoped that the three selectees would be ready for full NATO integration by the turn of the century

Secretary of Defense William Cohen, flanked by Minister of Defense Georgi Ananiev (left) and Foreign Minister Nadezhda Mihailova (right), makes a statement to representatives of the news media in Sofia, Bulgaria. The July 13,1997, press availability was held at Boyana Residence, a government conference center, following a luncheon hosted for Cohen and his delegation by Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov. Bulgaria has declared its desire for NATO membership, but was not realistically considered to be among the front runners for inclusion when the first invitations were issued to former Soviet satellite nations at the recently completed NATO summit in Madrid, Spain. Secretary Cohen,...

Secretary of Defense William Cohen (right) inspects the honor guard assembled outside the Ministry of Defense Building in Budapest, Hungary, July 10, 1997. Escorting Cohen is Hungarian Defense Minister Gyorgy Keleti (left). Secretary Cohen visited Hungary immediately following the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, where Hungary, along with Poland and the Czech Republic were offered membership in the Western military alliance. During meetings, Keleti warned Cohen that it could take his nation eight to 10 years to upgrade its Soviet-style military to achieve compatibility with other NATO forces

Secretary of Defense William Cohen (right) stands with Hungarian Defense Minister Gyorgy Keleti (left) as military honors are rendered during welcoming ceremonies in Budapest, July 10, 1997. Cohen visited Hungary, in part, to congratulate them on being selected as one of the three former Soviet Bloc nations to be offered NATO membership at the just completed NATO summit held in Madrid, Spain. The other part of his message was that much remains to be done to insure that Hungary is capable of assuming the responsibilities that accompany the privileges of NATO membership. Secretary Cohen held meetings with the nation's senior leadership to pledge US support for r efforts to modernize...

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (second from left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, speaks with the Honorable Fatmir Mediu (third from right) Minister of Defense of the Republic of Albania, during a bi-lateral meeting in the Pentagon, on Dec. 6, 2005. Secretary Rumsfeld is hosting defense ministers from 13 southeastern European nations at the 10th annual meeting of the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) process, so that they may discuss a wide range of mutual regional security issues. (DoD photo by MASTER SGT. James M. Bowman) (Released)

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (right) converses with (from left to right) United Kingdom's Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council Sir John Goulden; Norway's Minister of Defense Jorgen Kosmo; and United Kingdom's CHIEF of Defense STAFF General C. Guthrie. The leaders were in Maastricht, Netherlands, October 1-2, 1997 for the Informal NATO Defense Ministers' Meeting

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (second from left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, speaks with the Honorable Anatoliy Hrytsenko (third from right) Minister of Defense of Ukraine, during a bi-lateral meeting in the Pentagon, on Dec. 6, 2005. Secretary Rumsfeld is hosting defense ministers from 13 southeastern European nations at the 10th annual meeting of the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) process, so that they may discuss a wide range of mutual regional security issues. (DoD photo by MASTER SGT. James M. Bowman) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (2nd left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, and U.S. Army GEN. Henry Hugh Shelton (3rd left), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, and Lisa Bronson (3rd right), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for NATO and European Affairs, attend bilateral meetings with Polish Minister of Defense Bronislaw Komorowski (lower right), in Brussels Belgium, on Jun. 7, 2001. (DoD photo by Robert D. Ward) (Released)

Secretary of Defense William Cohen, accompanied by National Security Advisor Samuel Burger (left) and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (right), speaks during a press conference, held July 8, 1997, at the Miguel Angel Hotel, Madrid, Spain. The three policy leaders talked to reporters about the historic decision, made earlier in the day at the NATO summit, to invite Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, three former members of the now defunct Warsaw Pact, to begin accession negotiations to join the NATO alliance

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Secretary of Defense William Cohen (right) stands with Hungarian Defense Minister Gyorgy Keleti (left) as military honors are rendered during welcoming ceremonies in Budapest, July 10, 1997. Cohen visited Hungary, in part, to congratulate them on being selected as one of the three former Soviet Bloc nations to be offered NATO membership at the just completed NATO summit held in Madrid, Spain. The other part of his message was that much remains to be done to insure that Hungary is capable of assuming the responsibilities that accompany the privileges of NATO membership. Secretary Cohen held meetings with the nation's senior leadership to pledge US support for r efforts to modernize...

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