U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow speaks as he meets Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi October 19, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow speaks as he meets Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi October 19, 2009.

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  1. U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary Alexander Vershbow answers questions to media during a press conference in Prague, Czech Republic on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Czech and US senior defense officials discussed possible ways of the Czech participation in a reworked US missile defense system on Friday.
  2. U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary Alexander Vershbow answers questions to media during a press conference in Prague, Czech Republic on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Czech and US senior defense officials discussed possible ways of the Czech participation in a reworked US missile defense system on Friday.
  3. U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary Alexander Vershbow, left, and Czech Republic's Deputy Minister of Defense Jan Fulik, right, hold a a joint press conference in Prague, Czech Republic on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Czech and US senior defense officials discussed possible ways of the Czech participation in a reworked US missile defense system on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.
  4. U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary Alexander Vershbow seen at a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Russia is not complying with the cease-fire that ended last year's war with Georgia, Vershbow said Tuesday, adding that Washington wants international observers in Russian-controlled territories.
  5. U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow speaks during a meeting with Georgian officials in Tbilisi October 20, 2009. The United States does not envisage placing any elements of a revised missile defence system within non-NATO members and is not in consultations with any such states, a senior U.S. defence official said on Tuesday.
  6. U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow speaks during a meeting with Georgian officials in Tbilisi October 20, 2009. The United States does not envisage placing any elements of a revised missile defence system within non-NATO members and is not in consultations with any such states, a senior U.S. defence official said on Tuesday.
  7. U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow meets Georgian officials in Tbilisi October 20, 2009. The United States does not envisage placing any elements of a revised missile defence system within non-NATO members and is not in consultations with any such states, a senior U.S. defence official said on Tuesday.
  8. In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili, right, speaks with U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow during their meeting in Tbilisi. Portrait on wall is of Ilia Chavchavadze, (1837-1907) a Georgian writer, poet, journalist and lawyer who spearheaded the revival of the Georgian national movement in the second half of the 19th century, during the Russian rule of Georgia.
  9. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski stand during their meeting in Warsaw on October 27, 2009.
  10. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) shakes hands with his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski during their meeting in Warsaw on October 27, 2009.
  11. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili attends the opening of a newly-restored synagogue in Tbilisi on September 15, 2009. The restoration was funded in large part by members the Jewish diaspora that emigrated from the Soviet Union.
  12. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili attends the opening of a newly-restored synagogue in Tbilisi on September 15, 2009. The restoration was funded in large part by members the Jewish diaspora that emigrated from the Soviet Union.
  13. U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow speaks as he meets Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi October 19, 2009.
  14. U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow (L) and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili meet in Tbilisi October 19, 2009.
  15. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili gestures as he delivers a speech during a Parliament session in Tbilisi on October 6, 2009.
  16. Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili delivers a speech during a Parliament session in Tbilisi, October 6, 2009.

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