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Cheney Set to Visit Georgia

VP to shore up ties with embattled nation, emphasize 'common security interests'

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 25, 2008 12:33 PM CDT

(Newser) – Dick Cheney will visit Georgia next week to strengthen ties with the battered US ally, the AP reports. The vice president will also visit Azerbaijan and Ukraine to emphasize the US commitment to the former Soviet republics, a White House spokesman said today in announcing...   Read full story »

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