Points based upon . They were so this is not in the Public Record and i cant comment too deeply but what is the areas that weve consistently talked to talked about in public is cooperation on supporting a reform agenda, anticorruption efforts and helping president zelensky implement his plans to end russias war against ukraine. In other words, theyre based on official u. S. Policy . Correct. And is there a process to determine official u. S. Policy . Yes. My job is to coordinate u. S. Policy so throughout the preceding year that i had been on staff i had undertaken an effort to make sure we had a cohesive and coherent u. S. Policy. As you listened to the call did you observe whether President Trump was following the talking points based on the official u. S. Policy . Counsel, the president could choose to use the talking points or not. Hes the president , but they were not consistent with what i provided, yes. Lets take a look at a couple of excerpts from this call. Right after preside
Zelensky. Colonel vindman in advance of this phone call did you prepare talking points as did you for the april 21st call . Yes, i did. What were those talking points based upon. This is not in the Public Record and i cant comment too deeply. In areas that we talked about in public was cooperation on supporting reform agenda. Anticorruption efforts and helping president zelensky implement his plans to end russias war against ukraine. In other words theyre based on official u. S. Policy . Correct. And is there a process to determine official u. S. Policy . Yes. That is my job is to coordinate u. S. Policy so throughout the preceding year that i had been on staff, i had undertaken an effort to make sure we had a cohesive, coherent and just policy. As you listened to the call, did you observe whether President Trump was following the talking points based on the official u. S. Policy . Counsel, the president could choose to use the talking points or not. Hes the president. But they were no
Im not aware of the meetings. Did you know that lawyers pressured the state department that they invoked Hunter Bidens name as a reason to intervene . Im not aware of any of the facts. Did you no he that joe biden called ukrainian president at least three times in february 2016 after the president and owner of burismas home was raided by the state Prosecutors Office . Im aware of the fact that President Biden or vice President Biden was very engaged on ukraine and had numerous engagements. Thats what im aware of. Ms. Williams and Lieutenant Colonel vindman, as you may or may not know, this committee spent three years conducting many many investigations starting with the russia collusion hoax, democratic hysteria over the lack of collusion and the Mueller Report and now this impeachment charade. One of most concerning things regarding all of these investigations is the amount of classified or otherwise Sensitive Information i read in the press that derive either from this committee or s
Information ok. And and ultimately the Vice President went to canada for a u. S. M. C. I. Event thats right during this. This window of time correct correct so its entirely conceivable that the president decided that he wanted the Vice President to go to canada on behalf of u. S. M. C. A. Instead of doing anything else correct im really not a position to speculate what the motivations were behind the president s decision you know the various president s and quite a bit of us m. C. A. Events correctly yesterday and are you aware of whether the. Any one of the state department inquired with your office about the Vice President s availability for the trip to canada for the trip at what point. Early may may be may 8th. I i was on volved in the trip planning for canada and one of my colleagues who covers western hemisphere was in charge of that song not aware of specific ok requests about the Vice President s bill dudley i was aware from my colleague who is planning the trip that we had com
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at Service Year Alliance, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast and of course we always welcome the media. This morning youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society, to bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility, and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trusted institutions and our trust in each other has taken a beating and has in fact declined and that decline makes it harder for us to solve some of the key problem