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“I ask unanimous consent the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be agreed to, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 175 Whereas, since 1993, the territorial integrity of Georgia has been reaffirmed by the international community and 36 United Nations Security Council resolutions; Whereas the United States-Georgia Strategic Charter, signed on January 9, 2009, underscores that ``support for each other's sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and inviolability of borders constitutes the foundation of our bilateral relations''; Whereas, in October 2010, at the meeting of the United States-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated, ``The United States will not waiver in its support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.''; Whereas the White House released a fact sheet on July 24, 2010, calling for ``Russia to end its occupation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia'' and for ``a return of international observers to the two occupied regions of Georgia''; Whereas Vice President Joseph Biden stated in Tbilisi in July 2009 that the United States ``will not recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states''; Whereas, according to the Government of Georgia's ``State Strategy on Occupied Ter…”