Good afternoon. I am john herbst. We have a somewhat different even for you this afternoon and thank you for coming. Nice to see we have a goodsized crowd. The title of this event is connecting. I say this is an unusual in and for the Atlantic Council because this is kind of a deeper dive than usual into history. Not that we ignore history. Of course we dont. But we spend a little more time on the historical dimension today than on the current dimension. It is important because this pork historical aspect has been shortchanged since the early 1930s. We have a wonderful panel for you today. I dont think i need to name all of them. Bios of each. People well prepared to discuss this very serious topic. Let me just say two more things. One, this event is time in part to some tied to something very unusual. , fulllength regular movie bitter harvest is coming to a theater near you this week. You may have seen advertisements over the weekend. I have seen a more than once. It is well worth see
Horrific portrait of a president and his allies who waged war against a career diplomat who got in their way. Ambassador was pushed out and told she was under threat. In her testimony, she explains how the director general of Foreign Service called her at 1 00 a. M. In the foreign quote, she said that there was a lot of concern for me. That i needed to be on the next plane home to washington. This is about your security. You need to come home immediately. You need to come home on the next plane. She goes on the say her removal was the result of a Smear Campaign orchestrated by Rudy Giuliani and his business associates. Parnus is willing to comply with the congressional subpoena. We will honor and not avoid the request that they are proper. Yovanovithch said she was told that quote, i really needed to watch my back. Yovanovitch said they raised concerns. The official told her, it was dangerous to get involved because it would appear ukraine would be getting into u. S. Politics. She also
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