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"Not one inch eastward," those famous words were spoken by U.S. Secretary of State James Baker. The Russians allowed German unification under those terms. Nearly 30 years later, not only had NATO added over a dozen countries, including Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland, but they were making plans to add Ukraine to NATO and put Missile defense systems on Russia's doorsteps.