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    Witness Sheds Light On WH’s Delayed Response To 2018 Russia-Ukraine Conflict
    Oct30

    Witness Sheds Light On WH’s Delayed Response To 2018 Russia-Ukraine Conflict

    A State Department official who is testifying in the House’s impeachment inquiry Wednesday shed light on the White House’s sluggish response to a November 2018 Russian attack on Ukrainian ships. According to the opening remarks of Christopher Anderson, a Ukraine expert who was aware of concerns within the intelligence community about...

    Denmark Allows Russia-Germany Gas Pipeline
    Oct30

    Denmark Allows Russia-Germany Gas Pipeline

    Denmark said Wednesday that it is giving permission for a joint German-Russian underwater gas pipeline to be laid through its territory, in a blow to the United States, which had fiercely opposed the project.The decision by the Danish Energy Agency to approve the Nord Stream 2 pipeline’s route is a victory for the governments of Russia and...

    Obama Wants to Be More Than a Trump Subtweet
    Oct30

    Obama Wants to Be More Than a Trump Subtweet

    CHICAGO—America already knows what Barack Obama thinks about Donald Trump (the man) and Donald Trump (the president). For the past four years, nearly everything in politics has seemed to be about just the two of them—and in a way, everything is.Each is an archetype: the man who grew up without a father versus the man who inherited his...

    Kilmeade On Defense After Questioning NSC Official’s ‘Affinity’ For Ukraine
    Oct30

    Kilmeade On Defense After Questioning NSC Official’s ‘Affinity’ For Ukraine

    “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade doesn’t understand all the fuss over his suspicions that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who has served on the National Security Council since 2018, has an “affinity to the Ukrainian people.” During a Wednesday morning segment on “Fox & Friends,” Kilmeade pushed back on the heat he’s gotten...

    Republicans Have Only Three Choices
    Oct30

    Republicans Have Only Three Choices

    Is Alexander Vindman’s testimony the smoking gun of the Ukraine scandal? Or was it Bill Taylor’s? Was it Gordon Sondland’s decision to defy the White House and speak? Was it the whistle-blower complaint, or the partial transcript that the White House itself released?Just as in previous Trump-related scandals, there are plenty of...

    State Department officials to testify in impeachment inquiry Wednesday
    Oct30

    State Department officials to testify in impeachment inquiry Wednesday

    Catherine Croft, a special adviser for Ukraine, and Christopher Anderson, a former special adviser, were both scheduled to testify. …read more Source::...

    From behind closed doors, the Ukraine-Trump story is getting very clear
    Oct30

    From behind closed doors, the Ukraine-Trump story is getting very clear

    First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day’s most important political stories and why they matter. …read more Source::...

    In Massive Slight, Trump Left Mulvaney Out Of Baghdadi Raid Operation
    Oct30

    In Massive Slight, Trump Left Mulvaney Out Of Baghdadi Raid Operation

    Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney was at home in South Carolina when the raid to kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was launched, only learning about it after the fact. According to NBC News, Mulvaney was only filled in Saturday night after President Donald Trump tweeted a teaser: “Something very big has just happened!” It was a snub of epic...

    Diplomat: Bolton cautioned him about Giuliani and Ukraine
    Oct30

    Diplomat: Bolton cautioned him about Giuliani and Ukraine

    A State Department foreign service officer will tell House impeachment investigators Wednesday former national security adviser John Bolton cautioned him that Rudy Giuliani “was a key voice with the president … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...

    State Dpt Official To Testify That Bolton Warned About Giuliani’s Influence On Ukraine
    Oct30

    State Dpt Official To Testify That Bolton Warned About Giuliani’s Influence On Ukraine

    Christopher Anderson, former assistant to special envoy to the Ukraine Kurt Volker, will testify Wednesday that former NSA John Bolton warned about Rudy Giuliani’s influence on the President with regards to Ukrainian policy. According to his prepared remarks obtained by CNN, Anderson will say that during a meeting in mid-June, Bolton drew...