President Bush, fresh off a CIA briefing about the fighting in Russia, is calling for a cease-fire to be honored in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

Bush repeated his demand that Russia respect the “territorial integrity” of Georgia. He spoke after spending nearly four hours getting briefed at CIA headquarters about elements of the war on terror and the grim situation in Georgia, where a tenuous cease-fire is in place after days of violence.

Bush said he looked forward to hearing directly from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at his Texas ranch on Saturday. Rice was in Paris issuing another urgent call on Russia to honor a cease-fire with Georgia as she was getting ready to bring the formal agreement to Tbilisi for approval.