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C-SPAN2. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] .. >> VERY GOOD. >> IS THAT WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE FOR HER? >> I HAVE ONE MINUTE OF. MAYBE IT'S SIX. I THINK WE'RE...
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THAT. THAT'S THE QUALITY OF THE AUDIO OF WHAT SHE SAID AND IT WILL
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BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR A CONVERSATION. WE EITHER
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CUT IT RIGHT OR WE CUT HER OFF OR HAVE HER BY PHONE. THAT WOULD BE OKAY. THIS IS NOW A MULTINATIONAL TELEVISION OPERATION. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]...
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WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR HER LINK TO BE IMPROVED. [INAUDIBLE] >> AND DO YOU KNOW THAT DAVID JUST DID
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FOR US A BLOGGERS CONFERENCE CALL WITH 19 BLOGGERS ON THE ONLY WITH DIFFERENT CITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, 19. >> I THINK WE'RE READY TO START....
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CALL YOU? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. AND WELCOME TO RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR AUDIENCE HERE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM...
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OUR AUDIENCE WATCHING THIS EVENT ON C-SPAN. AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR
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PRESIDENT,
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JEFFERY WHO WILL BE MODERATING THIS SESSION. >> WELCOME, EVERYBODY. I'M JEFF GO AHEADMAN, PRESIDENT OF RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY. WE'RE AN INDEPENDENT...
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THE SAME AS IT WAS IN THE COLD WAR THROUGH NEWS, INFORMATION, RESPONSIBLE COMMENTARY AND DISCUSSION AND WE DO SO TODAY IN 28 LANGUAGES IN 21 COUNTRIES,...
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I BEGIN WITH YOU? WE GOT OFF
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THE PHONE 2 MINUTES AGO WITH YOUR CORRESPONDENT IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF GORI IN A ROW OF RUSSIAN TANKS. CAN YOU TELL US THE LATEST FROM GORI FROM YOUR...
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HELLO, EVERYBODY. AS JEFF ALREADY MENTIONED IN GEORGIA WHO TOLD US THE RUSSIAN TANKS STARTED MOVING AWAY FROM GORI AND NOT TO THE NORTH WHERE THEY ARE...
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GO. TO THE WEST -- TO THE EAST, I'M SORRY TO THE EAST. AND AROUND THAT POINT, 45 TO 50 MORE KILOMETERS TO GO TO THE CAPITAL OF GEORGIA. OUR CORRESPONDENT...
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TOLD US THAT HE WITNESSED -- AS HE WAS SPEAKING, HE JUST WAS SEEING PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THEIR HOUSES, LEAVING
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THEIR HOUSES IN PANIC. AND MOVING TOWARDS THE CITY AND GRABBING WHATEVER -- TRANSPORT -- WHATEVER MEANS THEY COULD FIND. SO THERE WILL BE MORE REFUGEES...
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AS PROBABLY MANY OF YOU KNOW. AND ALSO MAY BE INTERESTING TO KNOW THAT MAYBE THE LAST -- THE LAST
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SCULPTURE, HUGE SCULPTURE OF STALIN IS SITUATED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN ON THE MAIN SQUARE. SO IT'S NOT IMPORTANT -- IT'S NOT MAYBE RELEVANT...
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LET'S GO TO WASHINGTON FOR A MOMENT AND STEP BACK AND I WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THE WORK AND YOU YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE DOING LIKE DANIEL. DANIEL, WHEN YOU'RE...
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GEORGIAN AND RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE TO BE, SO GIVEN THE FLUIDITY OF THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND AND THE SORT OF LACK OF CLARITY IN THAT DOCUMENT, I WOULD...
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IN PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S SHOES. DO YOU THINK HE WOULD ACCEPT SUCH AN OUTCOME? DAVID, YOU'RE FIRST? >> I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OFFICIAL U.S. REACTION...
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APPEARS TO BE QUITE A DIPLOMATIC CONFRONTATION BECAUSE I THINK TODAY WE SAW STATEMENTS INCLUDING SOMETHING FROM THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR AFFIRMING THE TERRITORIAL...
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ISSUE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF
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GEORGIA. THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT. AS WE KNOW, GERMANY IS NOT AMONG THE STRONGEST SUPPORTERS OF GEORGIA'S WESTERN ASPIRATION FOR GEORGIA JOINING...
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PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION. AND ALSO STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION. >> DAN, GEORGE WASHINGTON
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UNIVERSITY. WHEN THE
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UPCAUSE ON OSSETIAN
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REFUGEES DID THEY FLEE INTO OTHER PARTS OF GEORGIA OR INTO RUSSIA? >> YOU MEAN DURING THIS ONE WEEK OR YOU MEAN THE WAR
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OF 1990s? >> NOW. >> THERE WERE NO ARMED CONFRONTATIONS OF BIG
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SCALE IN ABKHAZIA. THERE WERE SOME THINGS REPORTED IN UPPER ABKHAZIA WHICH WAS THE ONLY PART OF ABKHAZIA CONTROLLED BY
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TBILISI. AND THE VILLAGERS FROM THERE
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FLED TO THE MOUNTAINNESS REGION OF GEORGIA. AND SO THIS IS -- THIS IS CONCERNING ABKHAZIA. AS FOR OSSETIA, MOST OF OSSETIANS WENT TO NORTHERN OSSETIA...
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MOVE -- FOR THE INVASION INTO
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SOUTH ABKHAZIA AND HOW DO YOU ENVISION THIS? >> YEAH, THIS IS THE QUESTION, WHICH I'VE BEEN ASKED MANY TIMES ALREADY IN THESE RECENT DAYS. AT THIS MOMENT,...
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WELL, JUST AN HOUR OR TWO AGO, SAAKASHVILI'S MAIN OPPONENT DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN JANUARY -- HE WAS THE LEADER OF THE UNIFIED OPPOSITION...
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CHIEF IN TBILISI AND YOU ARE GIVING THEM INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS IN GEORGEAN LANGUAGE. WHEN YOU HEAR FROM THEM, WHAT DO THEY WANT TO KNOW? >> THEY...
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POSSIBLE. THEY ARE COMING TO US TO GET UNBIASED INFORMATION AND AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE TRYING TO GET REPORTS FROM OUR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTS...
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WE HAVE VERY GOOD COOPERATION WITH THE RUSSIAN SERVICE. I'M QUITE OFTEN A GUEST IN THEIR TALK SHOWS. WE INVITE THEM TO BE GUEST IN OUR TALK SHOWS....
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OSSETIA WHICH ARE JUST CLOSED. RUSSIAN SERVICE HAS SENT A CORRESPONDENT TO NORTH OSSETIA WHERE MOST OF THE REFUGEES FROM SOUTH OSSETIA ARE AT THE MOMENT....
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TIME OF GUESTS. [PHONE
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RINGING] >> CAN WE GET RID OF THIS? >> YES. [LAUGHTER] >> SO I WAS GUEST -- TIME OF GUEST, IT IS THE SHOW, ONE HOUR CALL-IN SHOW OF THE RUSSIAN SERVICE....
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THEIR CORRESPONDENT --
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THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE RUSSIAN
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SERVICE FROM KIEV AND WE HAD A LOT OF CALLS DURING THE SHOW. AND WHAT I EXPERIENCED THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO ME. I DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET SO MANY...
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SURE. THE FIRST THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT IN A FOLLOW-UP TO WHAT DAVID WAS SAYING ABOUT THE DOMESTIC SITUATION IN GEORGIA, WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT...
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INVASION WITHOUT PROVOCATION. I'M TOLD BY OUR TECH PEOPLE HERE IN PRAGUE THAT MARINA OUR COLLEAGUE AND BUREAU CHIEF IN TBILISI IS WITH US NOW AND ONLINE....
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INTO TBILISI OR FROM YOUR CORRESPONDENTS FIELD AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW? >> YEAH, JUST A FEW WORDS. NOTHING NEW. EVERYTHING IS REPEATING EVERY DAY. FOR...
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RUSSIA IS A KEY PLAYER. AND RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY ORIENTATION, BOTH IN WHAT IT SEES AS ITS BACKYARD AND IN THE WORLD AT LARGE IS ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT...
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LET DOWN? MAYBE THEY ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE UNITED STATES AND EXTERNAL POWERS. MAYBE THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT THEIR HOUSE AND THEIR PERSONAL SECURITY...
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WHEN THINGS CHANGED AND IT WAS THE HOPE, YOU KNOW, AND THE STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT BUSH AND SO ON. STARTING FROM THAT MOMENT, PEOPLE -- THIS IS THE...
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SHOWED UP IN THE TBILISI AND THE RALLY AND YOU HAVE THE GREAT VIDEO ON THE WEBSITE BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IT ON THE WEBSITES AND THERE'S NOT MUCH SUPPORT...
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YOU. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE
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CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] WRAPPING UP THIS REAL FOR EUROPE AND REPEAL THE BRADY DEBT LOOKING AT THE RUSSIA AND...
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