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The head of NATO on possible Ukrainian membership in the alliance

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NATO was formed in the 1940s to protect Western Europe from the Soviet Union. Today, it protects even more of Europe from the threat posed by Russia. At the recently completed NATO summit, Sweden got into the alliance, but Ukraine did not. NPR's Steve Inskip spoke to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about it.

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