Biden met with President Saakashvili to discuss Georgia's situation, thereby allowing Biden to gather and transmit the information obtained during that meeting to the Senate as part of his duty as the . Georgia was invaded by Russia over the disputed territory of  . The two nations signed a and Russia has claimed that it has started to withdraw its troops to South Ossetia. Georgian and American officials have doubted this claim. So far in the , 197 Georgian soldiers and 74 Russian soldiers have been reported dead. As many as 115,000 people have been displaced because of the fighting. Biden ran for president of the United States of America in and again in  , but each time fell short of obtaining the Democratic Party nomination. In 1988 he was forced to withdraw his candidacy after claims of  and left the race in 2008 after unpromising results in the . Biden is among a list of possible that includes Virginia , Senator of Indiana and former Senator of Georgia. The trip was seen as a boost to Biden's prospects as a vice-presidential candidate, accentuating his foreign policy credentials. Biden returned from the visit on August 18. He is scheduled to speak at the on August 27, the same day the vice-presidential nominee is scheduled to speak. John McCain backers and possible Senators  and were expected to visit Georgia as well.
Biden met with President Saakashvili to discuss Georgia's situation, thereby allowing Biden to gather and transmit the information obtained during that meeting to the Senate as part of his duty as the . Georgia was invaded by Russia over the disputed territory of South Ossetia . The two nations signed a and Russia has claimed that it has started to withdraw its troops to South Ossetia. Georgian and American officials have doubted this claim. So far in the , 197 Georgian soldiers and 74 Russian soldiers have been reported dead. As many as 115,000 people have been displaced because of the fighting. Biden ran for president of the United States of America in and again in 2008 , but each time fell short of obtaining the Democratic Party nomination. In 1988 he was forced to withdraw his candidacy after claims of plagiarism and left the race in 2008 after unpromising results in the . Biden is among a list of possible that includes Virginia , Senator of Indiana and former Senator of Georgia. The trip was seen as a boost to Biden's prospects as a vice-presidential candidate, accentuating his foreign policy credentials. Biden returned from the visit on August 18. He is scheduled to speak at the on August 27, the same day the vice-presidential nominee is scheduled to speak. John McCain backers and possible Senators Lindsey Graham and were expected to visit Georgia as well.
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