[Senate Hearing 111-221] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] For Sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; (202) 512�091800 Fax: (202) 512�092104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402�090001 54-453 PDF 2010 S. Hrg. 111-221 GEORGIA: ONE YEAR AFTER THE AUGUST WAR ======================================================================= HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION __________ AUGUST 4, 2009 __________ Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/congress/ index.html ? COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts, Chairman CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin BOB CORKER, Tennessee BARBARA BOXER, California JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland JIM DeMINT, South Carolina ROBERT P. CASEY, Jr., Pennsylvania JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming JIM WEBB, Virginia ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma EDWARD E. KAUFMAN, Delaware KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York David McKean, Staff Director Kenneth A. Myers, Jr., Republican Staff Director ------------ SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire, Chairman CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut JIM DeMINT, South Carolina ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho ROBERT P. CASEY, Jr., Pennsylvania BOB CORKER, Tennessee JIM WEBB, Virginia ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi EDWARD E. KAUFMAN, Delaware (ii) ? C O N T E N T S ---------- Page DeMint, Hon. Jim, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, opening statement...................................................... 21 Gordon, Hon. Philip, Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC.......... 3 Prepared statement........................................... 5 Responses to questions submitted by Senator Jim DeMint....... 32 Response to question submitted by Senator Roger Wicker....... 35 Shaheen, Hon. Jeanne, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, opening statement...................................................... 1 Prepared statement........................................... 1 Vershbow, Hon. Alexander, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense, Washington, DC................................................. 9 Prepared statement........................................... 11 Responses to questions submitted by Senator Jim DeMint....... 35 Response to question submitted by Senator Roger Wicker....... 36 Yamashita, S. Ken, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC.................................... 15 Prepared statement........................................... 17 Responses to questions submitted by Senator Jeanne Shaheen... 31 (iii)