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Cheney: 'Georgia Will Be in Our Alliance'

James Joyner | September 04, 2008

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Georgia  Thursday and reboubled American commitment to that fledgling democracy.  The day after the U.S. announced a $1 billion aid package to Georgia, Cheney stood beside  President Mikheil Saakashvili and declared, "After your nation won its freedom in the Rose Revolution, America came to the aid of this courageous young democracy. We are doing so again, as you work to overcome an invasion of your sovereign territory, and an illegitimate, unilateral attempt to change your country’s borders by force that has been universally condemned by the free world," NYT reports.   He continued, "Georgia will be in our alliance. NATO is a defensive alliance. It is a threat to no one."

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