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Section: General News - U.S. President George Bush Friday one step closer to membership in NATO. As VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington, the leaders of the 26 NATO countries agreed at a summit in Romania earlier this year to invite the two Balkan nations into the alliance.
President Bush formally endorsed Albania and Croatia's bid to join NATO, after applauding the two countries for overcoming communism and war, to become peaceful democracies. "The people of Albania and Croatia are helping move the world closer to a great triumph of history--a Europe that is whole, a Europe that is free and a Europe that is at peace." At a White House ceremony late Friday, Mr. …