served. and in terms of laying out the evidence, i think the process of releasing the transcripts other than probably forcing me to up my eyeglass prescription has been done in a professional way. it s been stripped of sort of partisanship. i think the highlights have been where the eregular policy channel, which is how ambassador bill taylor describes it, deviated from stated u.s. foreign policy. and i think the two witnesses are there for advocates of what american policy had always been against russia s enemies who used to be our friends. it would seem to me to the democrats are trying to underscore the themes that have come up during trump s presidency. whose side is he on? and even the testimony that s been released, it s pretty voluminous for most americans to absorb, which is why the testimony of these witnesses is going to be so important. and i do agree that i think it s going to be really difficult to