You are recognized. Thank you. Madame ambassador, like a hallmark movie. You ended up at georgetown, this is all okay. [laughter] but it was not your preference seven or eight months ago, correct . No, it was not. It was not your preference to be a victim of a Smear Campaign, was it . No. It was not your preference to be defamed by the president of the United States including today, was it . No. It wasnt your preference to be ousted at seemingly the pinnacle of your career, was it . No. You wanted to finish your extended tour, correct . I did. What did you want to do after that . Did you know . I was not sure. There is nothing wrong with georgetown, it is a fine place, right . It is a wonderful place. But it is your only choice at the end of a distinguished career after all of that. It is not the end of a hallmark movie. It is the end of a really bad reality tv show. Brought to you by someone who knows a lot about that. [laughter] why did you, you previously testified that you sought a
russians invaded the ukraine, and not only, but try to annex crimea, but it s also trying to they invited an entire country as well. yes. than there wasn t a lecturer in and to the ukrainian president was in june of 2014, then you came to post in 2016 of august, is that correct? two years later. later. january 2017 trump was elected, and in december of 2017 is when the javelins were approved, right? and we saw those delivered in april 2019 to be put to use. then we had zelensky elected in 2019, april? correct? now as zelensky defeated the previous president poroschenko. no loss between those two dudes, is there? i don t think so. and then in may of 202019,