"The USS Mount Whitney has arrived in Poti, " Wood said at his midday briefing.

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Washington rested defensemen Tom Poti and Roman Hamrlik and played John Erskine and Jeff Schultz.

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But just 20 kilometers (12 miles) south is Poti, Georgia's main port that others believe should be revived before a new city is built.

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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas and the USS McFaul delivered more than 230, 000 pounds of aid to the port of Batumi, south of Poti, when they arrived in recent weeks, the Navy said.

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And he insisted that the presence of Russian troops deep inside Georgia's territory, including around the port of Poti - nowhere near any buffer zone - was also allowed under the terms of the ceasefire.

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His coastguard one seaworthy ship sailed to Poti.

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