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Marie Yovanovitch says state department fails to fight ‘corrupt interests’


Former US ambassador to Ukraine’s testimony at impeachment hearing puts focus on profound problems within departmentUkraine ambassador describes Trump’s ‘shocking’ smear campaign against herMarie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, has given a devastating account of the state department in “crisis” saying “the policy process is visibly unravelling” and the agency is being “hollowed” out.Yovanovitch, who was addressing the house committees holding impeachment hearings, also delivered an indictment of “the failure of state department leadership to push back as foreign and corrupt interests apparently hijacked our Ukraine policy”. Related: Who is Marie Yovanovitch, the diplomat defying Trump to testify …read more

Source:: The Guardian

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