to the inauguration from over a dozen individuals to just five. secretary perry as its head, special representative for ukraine negotiations kurt volker, representing the state department, national security council director alex vindman, representing the white house, temporary acting charge d affaires joseph pennington representing the embassy and ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland. ambassador sondland s mandate as the accredited ambassador to the european union did not cover individual member states, let alone nonmember countries like ukraine, he made clear that he had direct and frequent access to president trump and chief of staff mick mulvaney and portrayed himself as the conduit to the president and mr. mulvaney for this group. secretary perry, ambassador sondland, ambassador volker later styled themselves the three amigos and made clear they would take the lead on coordinating our policy and engagement with the zelensky administration. around the same time, i became aware that
from over a dozen individuals to just five. secretary perry as its head. special representative for ukraine negotiations kurt volker representing the state department. national security council director alexander vindman representing the white house. joseph pennington representing the embassy and gordon sondland. while ambassador sondland s mandate for the european union, did not include member countries like ukraine he made clear he had direct and frequent access to president trump and chief of staff mick mulvaney and portrayed himself as the conduit to the president and mr. mulvaney for this group. secretary perry, ambassador sondland and ambassador volker styled themselves the three amigos and made clear they would take the lead on coordinating engagement with the zelensky administration. i became aware that mr.