Why Was Cheney's Aide in Georgia Before the War?

Posted by Faiz Shakir, Think Progress at 5:00 AM on August 27, 2008.

Joseph R. Wood, Cheney's deputy assistant for national security affairs, was in Georgia shortly before the war began.

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The LA Times reports that Joseph R. Wood, Vice President Cheney’s deputy assistant for national security affairs, “was in Georgia shortly before the war began.” James Gerstenzang wonders what Wood was doing there. Sergei Markov -- a senior political scientist who is close to Vladimir Putin -- claimed recently that the war was “part of a plot by Dick Cheney” to help John McCain. But media reports indicate that a “parade” of U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, had warned Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili not to instigate the conflict with Russia.

Tagged as: russia, cheney, georgia, joseph r. wood

Faiz Shakir is the Research Director at the Center for American Progress and serves as Editor of ThinkProgress.org and The Progress Report.

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