91.   The U.S. ambassador to NATO says Russia will have no veto over efforts by former Soviet satellites to ensure their security by joining the North Atlantic alliance.

92.   Though citizens of most former Soviet satellites are keen to join the European Community, there is more variance on NATO membership.

93.   They also have studied the experience of Western nations and the former Soviet satellite countries in eastern Europe.

94.   This has been aggravated by the inexorable process of enlarging NATO and the European Union to include former Soviet satellites, but not Russia itself.

95.   Though citizens of most former Soviet satellites are keen to join the European Union, there is more variance on NATO.

96.   With support from Republicans, Clinton persuaded NATO to open its doors to former Soviet satellites Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

97.   Zieleniec said he supported the bid of former Soviet satellites to join the North Atlantic alliance, thus avoiding a security vacuum in central and eastern Europe.

98.   With the exception of Finland, the host countries are former Soviet satellites adjusting to democracy.

99.   Yushenko said the inclusion of former Soviet satellites in NATO would make Russia feel isolated and increase anti-Western sentiment.

100.   Zhivkov, the last surviving strongman among Soviet satellite states, was reviled by many Bulgarians for his dictatorship at the time of his ouster nine years ago.