site.btaMarch 29, 2004: Bulgaria Becomes Full NATO Member

U.S. President George W. Bush, with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, far right, marks the expansion of NATO as he welcomes the leaders of seven former Soviet-dominated nations to a ceremony at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 29, 2004. With the addition of Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, NATO's membership grows from 19 countries to 26. Joining Bush, from far left to right are: Latvia's Prime Minister Indulis Emiss, Slovenia's Prime Minister Anton Rop, Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas, Slovakia's Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda, Romania's Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Estonia's Prime Minister Juhan Parts, and NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)