Army trainers arrive in ex-Soviet republic to begin mission

Monday, May 20, 2002

TBILISI, Georgia -- A first contingent of 50 U.S. Army trainers landed in this former Soviet republic on Sunday to begin a two-year job of upgrading a tiny, poorly financed Georgian military.

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