TBILISI, Georgia - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has decorated visiting U.S. Senator John McCain with a "National Hero of Georgia" order, recognizing his support in the August 2008 war with Russia. The Western-friendly president made the award Monday at a ceremony on the Black Sea coast city of Batumi. McCain as the fighting was raging announced that "today, we are all Georgians." Two Moscow-friendly territories in Georgia declared independence after the five-day...
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