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[Senate Hearing 111-221]
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                 GEORGIA: ONE YEAR AFTER THE AUGUST WAR

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                                HEARING

                               BEFORE THE

                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

                                 OF THE

                     COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                     ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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                             AUGUST 4, 2009

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                COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS         

             JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts, Chairman        
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut     RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana
RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin       BOB CORKER, Tennessee
BARBARA BOXER, California            JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey          JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland         JIM DeMINT, South Carolina
ROBERT P. CASEY, Jr., Pennsylvania   JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
JIM WEBB, Virginia                   ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire        JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma
EDWARD E. KAUFMAN, Delaware
KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York
                  David McKean, Staff Director        
        Kenneth A. Myers, Jr., Republican Staff Director        

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                SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS        

            JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire, Chairman        

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut     JIM DeMINT, South Carolina
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey          JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
ROBERT P. CASEY, Jr., Pennsylvania   BOB CORKER, Tennessee
JIM WEBB, Virginia                   ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
EDWARD E. KAUFMAN, Delaware

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DeMint, Hon. Jim, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, opening 
  statement......................................................    21
Gordon, Hon. Philip, Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and 
  Eurasian Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC..........     3
    Prepared statement...........................................     5
    Responses to questions submitted by Senator Jim DeMint.......    32
    Response to question submitted by Senator Roger Wicker.......    35
Shaheen, Hon. Jeanne, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, opening 
  statement......................................................     1
    Prepared statement...........................................     1
Vershbow, Hon. Alexander, Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
  International Security Affairs, Department of Defense, 
  Washington, DC.................................................     9
    Prepared statement...........................................    11
    Responses to questions submitted by Senator Jim DeMint.......    35
    Response to question submitted by Senator Roger Wicker.......    36
Yamashita, S. Ken, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau 
  for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International 
  Development, Washington, DC....................................    15
    Prepared statement...........................................    17
    Responses to questions submitted by Senator Jeanne Shaheen...    31

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