Foreign Affairs committee  The short answer is that there have been some short reports saying there's no evidence of destruction of cultural property, but the ability to verify is still limited.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sorry, I didn't understand the question.

Foreign Affairs committee  The department has no direct contact with UNESCO. I'll have to get back to you on that later.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Rob. My first assignment with this department was in Tbilisi, where I spent six months working on some of these issues. To your question of whether Georgia could play an honest broker role, I'd say absolutely. They're part of the south Caucasus solution. The three countries of the south Caucasus have to get along.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think they have the heft in the region to get the leaders to sit down and talk, so yes.