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    Impeachment: Marie Yovanovitch says State Department ‘being hollowed out from within’
    Nov16

    Impeachment: Marie Yovanovitch says State Department ‘being hollowed out from within’

    Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told lawmakers there’s a “crisis” in the State Department during Friday’s public impeachment hearing, saying the agency’s “being hollowed out from within.” …read more Source:: United Press...

    This Week: Impeachment Probe Enters Public Phase
    Nov16

    This Week: Impeachment Probe Enters Public Phase

    The Week In Impeachment Public hearings: The House held its first two public hearings in the impeachment probe this week, with members grilling career diplomats about the highly unusual actions they witnessed from the Trump administration. On Wednesday, Ukraine diplomat Bill Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent testified...

    Ambassador Yovanovitch admits she was prepped on Hunter Biden and Burisma by the Obama administration
    Nov16

    Ambassador Yovanovitch admits she was prepped on Hunter Biden and Burisma by the Obama administration

    During her public testimony in the impeachment inquiry Friday, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch admitted to being prepped on how to answer questions regarding Hunter Biden and his involvement with Burisma by the Obama administration before her Senate confirmation hearings.Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) pressed the issue during...

    House Republicans Give Trump Cover On Tweets Attacking Yovanovitch
    Nov16

    House Republicans Give Trump Cover On Tweets Attacking Yovanovitch

    Just minutes after ousted Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s public testimony wrapped up, a number House Republicans defended President Trump’s Friday morning tweets attacking the career diplomat. As Yovanovitch’s testimony was underway Friday morning, Trump tweeted that “everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad” and...

    WH Blames NSC Impeachment Witness For Discrepancies In Call Summaries
    Nov16

    WH Blames NSC Impeachment Witness For Discrepancies In Call Summaries

    When the White House on Friday released a memorandum of the first conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s president-elect, something popped out to eagle-eyed observers: The conversation was much different than the readout the White House issued at the time. By Friday afternoon, the administration had managed to blame the...

    GOP’s Conaway questions Yovanovitch on reputation, new post
    Nov16

    GOP’s Conaway questions Yovanovitch on reputation, new post

    Rep. Mike Conaway argued Friday that Marie Yovanovitch’s life has not been significantly altered by her dismissal from her former position as ambassador to Ukraine in May even though she … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...

    Trump Resisted Sale of Javelins to Ukraine
    Nov16

    Trump Resisted Sale of Javelins to Ukraine

    Republicans are defending him amid his impeachment inquiry by saying he gave more military aid than his predecessor, but it came only after the reluctant president was convinced it would be good for U.S. business. …read more Source:: Foreign...

    Rough Transcript of First Trump-Zelenskiy Call Released
    Nov16

    Rough Transcript of First Trump-Zelenskiy Call Released

    President Donald Trump on Friday released the summary transcript of his April congratulatory call with Ukraine’s president-elect, the latest salvo in the White House effort to blunt Democratic allegations that Trump abused his power by pressuring a foreign leader to get involved in U.S. politics.The new account of Trump’s call with...

    Audience applauds, GOP microphone turned off at end of Yovanovitch hearing
    Nov16

    Audience applauds, GOP microphone turned off at end of Yovanovitch hearing

    Audience members at Friday’s impeachment inquiry broke into applause after former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch concluded her testimony.Even as Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) repeatedly asked to be reco… …read more Source:: The...

    Six memorable moments from Ex-Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch’s public testimony
    Nov16

    Six memorable moments from Ex-Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch’s public testimony

    Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on Friday became the third witness to testify publicly in the House’s impeachment inquiry into President Trump.She described her feelings about her removal from t… …read more Source:: The...