This is much truer,of course, in a place like Georgia, where the first elected president Gamsakhurdia was overthrown by a civil war, then the second Shevardnadze was overthrown from the street in the Rose Revolution and now Saakashvili, after losing his war with Russia, in fact, is now threatened by the street,".

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Political scientist Alexander Andelli(ph) says the first-ever visit to Georgia by a US president is an affirmation of Georgia's drive to get out of Russia's shadow.

NPR: Bush to Praise Democracy in Georgia During Visit