Democrats . Guest it depends on the district you represent and the same holds true for republicans. Lets step back and stipulate that impeachment is one of the most serious and sobering post any member of congress can vote on. You would hope that political calculations are excluded but it should come as no surprise to anybody that every member of congress, every member of the of thewill as part decisionmaking process analyze how its going to affect them politically. So if you are a democrat in one of the 30 districts that elected a democrat but also elected President Trump, that equation becomes more complicated. If youre a democrat on the Upper West Side of new york or in los angeles or in chicago and everywhere you go people just cant wait for you to cast a vote on impeachment, its a little easier if you are one of three republicans in the house who represent districts that Hillary Clinton won, its more difficult. At the end of the day members of congress are going h to make tht deci
With. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell congress is returning to washington for a work period that will be filled with important todo items, but we already know what will top the agenda over in the house of representatives. House democrats are finally indulging in their impeachment obsession. Full steam ahead. Many of us remember the Washington Post headline that was literally published on our ogren nation day. The campaign to impeach President Trump, has begun. And sure enough, House Democrats have been at it ever since. One prominent house called this presidency illegitimate before it even began. Well the political share was leading and promised years ago, that if she would find a way, to impeach the president. So madam president , for starters later this afternoon will, secretary of the air force. And speaking of our horses congressmen waste no more time in getting our processes back on track. In delivering the finding that servicemembersrs need. Just two months
Origins of the impeachment inquiry. Let us go back to 2014, 2015, 2016, the Obama Administration. What is u. S. Policy toward ukraine at this time . Consistenteen fairly antiukraine on reform. That is been fairly consistent under both president obama and president trump. Under the Obama Administration, it was carried i his ambassadors to ukraine who have long played a strong role in ukraine working with politicians there to clean up corruption. What was then Vice President joe bidens role . Obamas point person in ukraine and carried that message for the president. He also oversaw the u. S. U. S. Messaging when it came to the conflict on ukraine and the russian annexation of crimea. And then the war began in Eastern Ukraine in the spring of that year. The first hot war in the region in an extremely long time. And biden really carried the messaging from obama. The United States that was worried about corruption in the ukraine at this time . For thes been an issue u. S. Allies in europe a
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And Lieutenant General jt thompson, commander of nato allied land command. Our panel will be led and moderated by patrick tucker, defense one technology editor. Thank you all. [applause] all right, thank you all for joining us today. Thisso pleased to have Exceptional Panel here to discuss the future of the United States army and the incredibly important theater, the european theater, and, you know, ive been covering different aspects of u. S. Army activity in europe for some time. Theres one question that is usually sort of a perfunctory. Uestion this year, that is not exact with the case. I will go to you, jt, as well as you, chris. I wonder if you can talk to me a little bit about the current status and your feelings about the military to military with turkey. How is that right now . How quickly is that changing . Jt i maintain strong relations with my counterparts in turkey within the parameters of u. S. Policy at any given time. We spend time going back and forth and visiting each