Rice Downplays Grenade Incident, Speaks of Tbilisi Impressions

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who accompanied President Bush during his visit to Georgia, said the reported dud grenade near the site where Bush addressed Georgians on May 10 did not disrupt the event, adding that it was ?exciting? to be on Freedom Square.

?I heard about it [reported inactive grenade] afterwards. Obviously, it’s being investigated. I think that the Georgian security services are working with our services to see what happened. But it didn’t disrupt in any way the flow of what was happening there [on Freedom Square], and it was just very exciting to be in that square,? Condoleezza Rice said in an interview with CNN?s Larry King Live on May 11.

?And I’ll tell you that, for me, the most exceptional moment, just a moment that gave me chills, was when they started to sing American — the American national anthem with this Georgian accent. And it was just — it was so exciting to be there? it was a great moment,? she added.

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