1.   Perhaps because my children are wiser or craftier than I was, they never directly lobbied to join those ranks.

2.   Romania and Bulgaria also have actively lobbied to join NATO.

3.   Turkey has been lobbying to join the EU for more than two decades.

4.   Politicians in Japan and Indonesia were also being lobbied to join, she said.

5.   Politicians in Japan and Indonesia were also being lobbied to join, Arena said.

6.   Central American countries have been lobbying to join NAFTA but Washington has balked.