support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. like all foreign service officers, i have understood that oath as a commitment to serve on a strictly nonpartisan basis, to advance the foreign policy determined by the incumbent president and to work at all times to strengthen our national security and promote our national interests. ukraine is a sovereign country whose borders are in violet and whose people have the right to determine their own destiny. these are the bedrock principles of our policy. because of ukraine s position bordering russia on the east, it s the warm waters of the oil rich black sea to its south and four nato allies to its west, it is critical to the security of the united states that ukraine remain free and democratic and that it continue to resist russian expansionism. russia s purported annexation of crimea, invasion of ukraine and it s de facto contr
foreign and domestic and i will bear true faith and allegiance to the i have understood that oath as a commitment to serve on a strictly nonpartisan basis, to advance the foreign policy determined by the incumbent president and to work at all times to strengthen our national security and promote our national interests. ukraine is a sovereign country whose borders are in violet and whose people have the right to determine their own destiny. these are the bedrock principal of our policy. because of ukraine s position bordering russia on the east, it s the warm waters of the oil rich black sea to its south and four nato allies to its west, it is critical to the security of the united states that ukraine remain free and democratic and that it continue to resist russian expansionism. russia s purported annexation of crimea, invasion of ukraine and it s defactor control over the
foreign officers take and support every day, that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic and i will bear true faith and allegiance to the statement. i have understood that oath as a commitment to serve on a strictly nonpartisan basis, to advance the foreign policy determined by the incumbent president and to work at all times to strengthen our national security and promote our national interests. ukraine is a sovereign country whose borders are in violet and whose people have the right to determine their own destiny. these are the bedrock principal of our policy. because of ukraine s position bordering russia on the east, it s the warm waters of the oil rich black sea to its south and four nato allies to its west, it is critical to the security of the united states that ukraine remain free and democratic and that it continue to resist russian expansionism. russia s purported annexation of crimea, invasion of ukraine and