McCain made the comment, that he is pleased that the United States will be facilitating the transfer of Georgian troops from Iraq to Georgia inorder for them to defend their country.
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McCain said he has spoken to Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili twice since the conflict began. "It is clear the situation is dire. ... I again call on the government of Russia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces from the territory of Georgia."
He called the conflict a "threat to Euro-Atlantic security" and supported attempts by Western powers -- including the United States, the European Union and NATO -- to broker a cease-fire.
Obama, who also talked to Saakashvili, said that direct talks between Russia and Georgia are necessary.
"Diplomats at the highest levels from the United States, the European Union and the United Nations must become directly involved in mediating this military conflict and beginning a process to resolve the political disputes over the territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia," he said. "A genuinely neutral mediator -- not the Russian government -- must begin a process of negotiations immediately."
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Hopefully this will get resolved soon. This conflict, will affect us all, over time.