26efth. 17 . Yes. What do you come to mean by yes, sir. They got. Security assistan, three e amigos. As well. They cudid. If i said that number was my understanding of ambassador sondlands use of around 270 million. That term thed three people in would that probably be accurate . Charge of ukraine policy during the summer was he, gordon sound about right . Sondland and ambassador volker did they get aid in fy 18 . And secretary perry. When did you come to learn yes, sir. Including security about mr. T giulianis role and assistance . Including security what do you consider his role to assistance. We already talked about the have been . Er i first heard about former javelins and antitank missiles mayor jewgiulianis interest in that they were not able to purchase in previous ukraine in january of this year. Administrations. Have they gotten Security Assistance in fy 19 . Yes, sir. Prior to the 400 million or that was a different phase than what happened during the so that were discussing
is that correct? that is correct. they were not made available to the ukraine under the obama administration. they were not. correct. shifting gears to corruption. one of the themes here today is that of rooting out corruption, which is anf important tool fo the president as we provide taxpayer funded aid to foreign countries. mr. kent, you had characterized ukraine as having long-standing corruption issues, correct? i did. and, in fact, you testified, quote, i would say that corruption is part of the reason why ukrainians came out to the streetsto in both 2004 when somebody tried to steal the election and again in 2014 because of a corrupt pro russian government that eventually collapsed. theal ukrainians decided enough was enough. is that your testimony? it remains so. you testified that you first came to learn about burisma in 2015 when you were the senior anti-corruption coordinate,