White House Unveils $1 Billion Georgia Aid Plan
Sep 4th, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: WorldThe New York Times: President Bush proposed $1 billion in humanitarian and economic assistance on Wednesday to help rebuild Georgia after its short, disastrous war with Russia last month, but he stopped short of committing the United States to re-equipping its battered military.
Mr. Bush announced the infusion of aid as Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Azerbaijan in what he described as a demonstration that the United States had “a deep and abiding interest” in keeping Georgia and other neighboring states free from a new era of Russian domination.