Head of the U.S. military experts group Lt. Col. Robert Waltemeyer
holds a glass of water as he speaks at a news conference in Tbilisi,
May 7, 2002. Experts have been sent by the Pentagon to prepare the
ground for some 200 military trainers who are due to transform the
impoverished ex-Soviet nation into a viable ally in the war on
terrorism. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

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