He said after several years of debate, the Georgian government's position is clear -- namely that the army must be
based on a contract system.
Georgia, which wants to join NATO, already has four U.S-trained battalions made up of 2,000 contract service personnel. Georgia's armed forces in total number 26,000.
(AP)
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