U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) and Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) and Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili review a honour guard during a welcoming ceremony in Tbilisi July 23, 2009. Biden, visiting Georgia on Wednesday, said the United States 'stands with' the former Soviet republic a year after war with Russia, and urged consolidation of its 2003 revolution.

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