Vice President Dick Cheney spent the weekend in this picturesque Dalmatian port, his last stop on a visit to Eastern Europe and former Soviet bloc states. He met with leaders of Macedonia and Albania, as well as Croatia, and, before leaving Sunday, said that their efforts to join the European Union and NATO would help invigorate both institutions. Mr. Cheney’s visit was a low-key finale to a strategically important trip, which first took him to Lithuania for a meeting with a number of Eastern European leaders, where he gave a speech criticizing Russia for restricting human rights and using its natural resources to put pressure on its neighbors. He later visited Kazakhstan, which the United States has been trying to develop as an source for oil. Full Story
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