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Fri 09 Sep 2008Cheney pledges support for embattled Georgian leader
US:US VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney endorsed embattled Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili yesterday, pledged that his country would one day join Nato, and called on the "free world" to back Tbilisi and condemn Russia for its military intervention in the Caucasus.
Mr Cheney said Washington would help Georgia "overcome an invasion of your sovereign territory and an illegitimate, unilateral attempt to change your country's borders by force".
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