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It's not every aspiring First Lady whose comfort zone is a war zone, but such is the case for Cindy McCain, who left Monday on a mission to Georgia to assess the civilian casualties caused by the Russian invasion. McCain is traveling with the U.N.'s World Food Program, whose work she monitored in Southeast Asia and Africa this spring and summer. McCain planned to meet with Georgian President Mikheil Sakaasvili, and to visit with wounded Georgian soldiers. She would also visit representatives of the HALO Trust, which works to remove landmines and on whose board she serves. Cindy and John...

Georgian authorities are building fountains and sprucing up facades, yet they have not started essential projects. Meanwhile, less and less time is left to fulfill the obligations. Georgia is marking the second anniversary of Rose Revolution on which the majority of the country's population pinned high hopes. Unfortunately, most of these hopes have not been fulfilled yet. As public disenchantment grows, the approval ratings of the government in general and President Mikhail Saakashvili in particular have been falling for a year now. Nor has the government scored any additional points from the recent high-profile dismissal of Georgian Foreign Minister Salome...