NATO: Chicago and Beyond

Testimony by Charles A. Kupchan

May 10, 2012

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Charles A. Kupchan testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and what's at stake in the upcoming Chicago summit.

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