Situation in Georgia

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Setting the Record Straight: President Bush Has Taken Action to Ensure Peace, Security and Humanitarian Aid in Georgia

Secretary Rice on Crisis in Georgia; Brussels, August 19, 2008.

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U.S. Humanitarian Assistance

• U.S. Dept of Defense Delivers $1M in Humanitarian Aid to Georgia
• Georgia to Get U.S. Humanitarian Assistance
• USAID Press Release
• US Contributions through the Red Cross

U.S. Government Statements

• Secretary Condoleezza Rice: Remarks En Route to Brussels, Belgium (August 18, 2008) 
• Secretary Condoleezza Rice: Interview on CBS’s Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, Interview on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Interview on NBC’s Meet the Press with David Gregory (Aug. 17, 2008)

• Secretary Rice: Remarks to the Travel Pool, Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas (August 16, 2008)

• President Bush Discusses Situation in Georgia (Aug. 15, 2008) / Deutsch
• Secretary of State Rice with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the Situation in Georgia (Aug. 14, 2008)
• Defense Secretary Gates Says Russian Actions Have Long-Term Implications (Aug. 14, 2008)
• Russia Must Stop Military Operations (Aug. 13, 2008)
• President Bush Discusses Situation in Georgia (Aug. 13, 2008)
• Secretary of State Rice Briefs President Bush (Aug. 12, 2008) / Deutsch
• Georgia to Get U.S. Humanitarian Assistance (Aug. 11, 2008)
• President Bush discusses situation in Georgia (Aug. 11, 2008) / Deutsch
•  Remarks and ABC Interview with Secretary Rice (Aug. 11, 2008) 
• White House Press Briefing (Aug. 10, 2008)
• Russian Actions in Georgia – Deputy Secretary Negroponte summons Russian Chargé d’Affaires Darchiyev to press Moscow to cease military operations in Georgia | Statement by President Bush (Aug. 9, 2008) / Deutsch
• Russia Move into Georgia – The United States calls for an immediate ceasefire to the armed conflict in Georgia’s region of South Ossetia | US UN Ambassador Press Remarks (Aug. 8, 2008)
• Violence in Georgia – Escalation of Violence in South Ossetia and Abkhazia (July 14, 2008)
• Fact Sheet: The United States and the South Ossetian Conflict (March 31, 2008)

U.S. Pledges $1 Billion for Georgia at Donors' Conference

October 22, 2008. At the international donors’ conference for Georgia in Brussels, Henrietta Fore, Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, formally pledged $1 billion in U.S. aid to support Georgia’s economic recovery, as previously announced by the President and Secretary of State. Ms. Fore explained: “We are here today to help Georgia recover from the August invasion by Russia. We share a commitment to Georgia’s territorial integrity, to its economic and democratic development, and to its integration with neighboring countries and international institutions. That so many diverse countries and organizations chose to attend today shows that Georgia has many friends who want it to succeed.” Full Text | Media Note