Section: US & Canada
READ: Ukraine Specialist Catherine Croft’s Impeachment Inquiry Testimony
Croft worked on the National Security Council. Her transcript is among those released by House investigators ahead of the first open hearings of the inquiry.(Image credit: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Mulvaney’s OMB Held Up Lethal Ukraine Aid in 2017 For Fear of Russian Reaction
REUTERSUnder Mick Mulvaney’s leadership, the Office of Management and Budget temporarily put a hold on the delivery of anti-tank missiles to Ukraine in 2017 because of concerns their arrival would upset Russia, according to former White House official Catherine Croft. She described OMB’s objection was “highly unusual.”Croft’s...
READ: Former assistant to special envoy for Ukraine’s testimony in impeachment inquiry
House Democrats on Monday released additional transcripts taken from closed-door testimony during the impeachment inquiry into … …read more Source:: The...
National Security Officials Objected to Stopping Ukraine Aid
Defense Department official Laura Cooper said national security officials unanimously agreed that military aid to Ukraine should not be stopped by the White House. …read more Source:: U.S....
READ: Foreign Service Officer Christopher Anderson’s Impeachment Inquiry Testimony
Anderson served as special adviser for Ukraine negotiations under U.S. envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker from 2017 through July 12. (Image credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) …read more Source::...
READ: State Department special adviser for Ukraine’s testimony in impeachment inquiry
House Democrats on Monday released additional transcripts taken from closed-door testimony during the impeachment inquiry into … …read more Source:: The...
Former US Top Diplomat Rice Concerned by Shadow Diplomacy on Ukraine
Condoleezza Rice, a secretary of state under Republican President George W. Bush, said on Monday reports of an unofficial U.S. policy being carried out in Ukraine were “deeply troubling.”Rice was critical of President Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential run but has been more restrained since the Republican took office.State...
Pentagon official testifies Trump directed freeze on aid to Ukraine
Asked if the president was authorized to order that type of hold, Laura Cooper said there were concerns that he wasn’t. …read more Source::...
Laura Cooper transcript: Pentagon official worried about ‘legality’ of Trump blocking Ukraine aid
House Democrats on Monday released a transcript of a closed-door interview with a Pentagon official who said concerns were raised about the legality of President Trump withholding military aid from Ukraine. Laura K. Cooper, the Defense Department deputy assistant secretary for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, said White House moves to …...
Pentagon chief says Vindman should not fear Army retaliation
Defense Secretary Mark Esper says Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman should not fear retaliation for testifying to House investigators about his concern that President Donald Trump inappropriately pressured Ukraine to investigate Democrats …read more Source:: The Boston...
