departments and agencies and to the mission of u.s. national security, and i saw that in colonel vindman. >> juan, it's great to have you. lets listen back in to this hearing back underway. >> my colleagues in the minority, first if i could ask you ms. williams and colonel vindman, you were asked a series of questions by the ranking member at the outset. were you aware of the fact that -- and then there was a recitation of information about burisma, the bidens, is it fair to say you have no firsthand knowledge of any of the matters that were asked in those questions? >> that's right. >> that is correct. >>. >> ms. williams you were also asked a series of questions about the vice president's schedule and whether he could have made the inauguration or was the president traveling or the trip to canada. lets be clear about something, the president you were instructed that the president had told the vice president not to go before you even knew the