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China Ready to Assist Kazakhstan; Where Does NATO Enlargement End?

China Ready to Assist Kazakhstan; Where Does NATO Enlargement End?
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China has sent Kazakhstan a verbal message of support and is offering assistance within its capabilities after CSTO peacekeeper forces halted a terrorist coup attempt earlier this week.
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Scott Ritter, former UN weapon inspector in Iraq, joins us to discuss Kazakhstan. China has sent Kazakhstan a verbal message of support and is offering assistance within its capabilities after CSTO peacekeeper forces halted a terrorist coup attempt earlier this week. Also, the Kazakh President has begun appointing new government ministers in a move to set the nation back on a stable political track.
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