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    Pompeo to investigate charges of surveillance against Yovanovitch
    Jan18

    Pompeo to investigate charges of surveillance against Yovanovitch

    Saturday, January 18 , 2020 - 0:01 (EEST) Section: The Hill (USA)

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said he will investigate allegations that former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was under surveillance by private American citizens intent on her removal from Kyiv and possibly threatening harm…. …read more Source:: The...

    Engel: I Will Use ‘All Legal Means’ To Force Pompeo’s Presence At Iran Briefing
    Jan18

    Engel: I Will Use ‘All Legal Means’ To Force Pompeo’s Presence At Iran Briefing

    Saturday, January 18 , 2020 - 0:01 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

    Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, demanded Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s presence at an Iran hearing on Jan. 29 after America’s top diplomat skipped the last one. “This hearing deals with the most weighty issues with which our country and Congress deals, including the use of force,” Engel wrote to...

    Ukraine Launching Task Force to Investigate Alleged Surveillance of Former US Diplomat
    Jan18

    Ukraine Launching Task Force to Investigate Alleged Surveillance of Former US Diplomat

    Saturday, January 18 , 2020 - 0:01 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The Interior Ministry of Ukraine tells VOA that a special task force involving U.S. and Ukrainian officials will be launched Monday to look into reports that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine had been subjected to surveillance and threats in Ukraine.After meeting Friday with U.S. diplomats, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in...

    Pompeo Finally Promises To Look Into Possible Yovanovitch Surveillance
    Jan18

    Pompeo Finally Promises To Look Into Possible Yovanovitch Surveillance

    Saturday, January 18 , 2020 - 0:01 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo finally promised an investigation into alleged surveillance of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch Friday, saying that it’s his “obligation” to “investigate” and “evaluate,” though he doubts that she was truly being tracked. “We will do everything we need to do to evaluate whether there was...

    Shooting the Messenger
    Jan17

    Shooting the Messenger

    Friday, January 17 , 2020 - 23:01 (EEST) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    The Trump administration has placed civil servants and nonpolitical government employees in a terrible position. Their job is to provide accurate, nonpartisan information and make decisions grounded in law; sometimes that involves providing testimony to Congress, which legally must be truthful. Yet if they tell the truth, President Donald Trump...

    Hyde Distances Himself From Parnas In Tweet Frenzy
    Jan17

    Hyde Distances Himself From Parnas In Tweet Frenzy

    Friday, January 17 , 2020 - 23:01 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

    Robert Hyde, Trump donor, landscaper from Connecticut and congressional candidate, took pains to distance himself from Lev Parnas Friday with a flurry of tweets and a video. He spends much of the video bashing House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), whom he refers to as a “piece o’ Schiff.” Hyde also insists that he has no...

    Pompeo Says U.S. Will Look Into Claims Former Ukraine Ambassador Was Followed
    Jan17

    Pompeo Says U.S. Will Look Into Claims Former Ukraine Ambassador Was Followed

    Friday, January 17 , 2020 - 22:01 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the State Department will investigate whether former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was in any danger while she was in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Bipolarity Is Back
    Jan17

    Bipolarity Is Back

    Friday, January 17 , 2020 - 22:01 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    We are 30 years out since the end of the Cold War, almost 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States, 12 years since the Russian invasion of Georgia, and six years since Russia’s seizure of Crimea. During this time period, we have seen significant changes in the overall power distribution in Europe, Eurasia, the...

    “Electability” Is a Poisonous Political Shibboleth
    Jan17

    “Electability” Is a Poisonous Political Shibboleth

    Friday, January 17 , 2020 - 22:01 (EEST) Section: New Republic (USA)

    We are several days now into a spat between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren—the Democratic primary’s two progressives who, as has been widely reported, have observed a pact of nonaggression against each other for the majority of the primary campaign. That arrangement collapsed amid two controversies. The first was brought about by the...

    Russia: Iran Was Spooked by Reports of US F-35s When it Downed Airliner
    Jan17

    Russia: Iran Was Spooked by Reports of US F-35s When it Downed Airliner

    Friday, January 17 , 2020 - 21:01 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Iran’s accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week occurred at a time when Tehran was spooked by reports of advanced U.S. stealth fighters in the area.”There were at least six (U.S.) F-35 fighters in the air in the Iranian border area (at the time). This...