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Defense: North Atlantic Treaty:  Accession of Croatia

Protocol signed at Brussels July 9, 2008; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate July 23, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-20, 110th Congress, 2nd Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations September 23, 2008 (Senate Executive Report No. 110-27, 110th Congress, 2nd Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate September 25, 2008; Ratified by the President October 24, 2008; Ratification of the United States of America deposited March 30, 2009; entered into force March 30, 2009.

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U.S. Department of State

The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future