Batu Kutelia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, Canada and Mexico for the Republic of Georgia, speaks to the crew of the 378-foot Coast Guard Cutter Dallas in Charleston Friday, June 11, 2010. Ambassador Kutelia thanked the crew for their efforts in assisting the US Naval Destroyer USS McFaul in providing humanitarian relief supplies, including hygiene items, food, milk and juice to the Republic of Georgia during the Russia-Georgian War in August 2008. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Evanson.)