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Leaders of the seven new NATO Members - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia - and Albania, Croatia and Macedonia, which are candidates for NATO membership, meet U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 29, 2004. Having participated in NATO's membership action plan, Albania, Croatia and Macedonia in the ensuing four years, are expected to be invited to join NATO at the Bucharest Summit April 2-4, 2008.

Leaders of the seven new NATO Members - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia - and Albania, Croatia and Macedonia, which are candidates for NATO membership, meet U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 29, 2004. Having participated in NATO's membership action plan, Albania, Croatia and Macedonia in the ensuing four years, are expected to be invited to join NATO at the Bucharest Summit April 2-4, 2008.

Leaders of the seven new NATO Members - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia - and Albania, Croatia and Macedonia, which are candidates for NATO membership, meet U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 29, 2004. Having participated in NATO's membership action plan, Albania, Croatia and Macedonia in the ensuing four years, are expected to be invited to join NATO at the Bucharest Summit April 2-4, 2008.

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