NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on concern amongst Eastern European governments about negotiations over the future of NATO. Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary are considered the most likely candidates to be invited to join the organization at its Madrid summit in July. But with pressures mounting between Russia and the members of NATO, and concern that the Eastern European members might someday pose a threat to Russia, citizens of these nations are becoming worried that they might pay a price for the benefits they'd receive as participants in a NATO expansion. (8:00) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C - 1D FORMAT BREAKER
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