That is correct. You explained earlier that your job in the white house was to coordinate United States and Ukraine Policy, is that right . It is to coordinate United States policy visavis ukraine, correct. You testified in the spring of this year that these officials, these ukrainian officials began asking you, quote, advice on how to respond to mr. Giulianis advances, end quote. Is that correct . That is correct. What do you understand they meant by mr. Giulianis advances . I understood that to mean both his public commentary, so publicly calling for investigations into 2016, burisma, and hunter biden, as well as his direct overtours to the government of ukraine directly and through proxies. Thats what i understood. As you understand it, under Whose Authority do you think mr. Giuliani was acting under . Congresswoman, i dont know. Did the ukrainian officials you were speaking to tell you that they were being asked to im sorry, can you say that again, maam . Do you think the ukrainian
white house where jen psaki is holding the daily briefing. she s taking questions. let s listen in. the president wasn t making a market assessment. what he was conveying very clearly to the american public is that if russia were to invade and we were to put in place crippling sanctions that would have consequences or an impact here at home. so i know that wasn t exactly how you were asking the questions but that s what he was conveying in his answer. in terms of the price of gasoline, we know in december it went down 10 cents thanks to tapping the strategic petroleum reserve. the president also made it clear that he s open to all options are on the table 0 help bring down the price of gasoline. he wasn t making a market assessment but making it clear to the public that if russia invades a and we put in effect sanctions that would have an impact on the public. the president talk about
correct? i m sorry. my lawyer was talking. could you say that again, please? you went to mr. eisenberg, you already said that so we can go on. you re not a jag, you re not a lawyer. in your deposition, you referenced that meeting with mr. eisenberg. you said, i wasn t making a legal judgment, all i was doing was sharing my concerns with my chain of command. yet we ve established that your direct report is to mr. morrison. let s establish your role and your title. in your deposition, lieutenant colonel vindman, page 200, 201, in a colloquy with mr. stewart, you said, i would say first of all i m the director for ukraine. i m responsible for ukraine. i m the most knowledgeable. and i m therefore the national security council and the white house. are you the only one of the entire universe of our government or otherwise that can advise the president on ukraine?
as chris tries to light the bush on fire, cameras roll from above and below. jay jones is one of the teens filming. i was in between the bush and chris on top of the cliff filming. i guess mainly the only thing i was worried about was getting the bush lit on fire. i ve seen chris jump over that bush before. you can hear jay shouting to make the fire bigger. that s not enough. first we tried lighter fluid. and it wasn t making a dramatic enough effect on the bush. so then it turned to the gas. now you got to light it again. we struggle for awhile to get it lit. just before chris is about to jump, spectators on a boat offer up another challenge. somebody dared me to do it naked. so it just went to another level. chris is the kind of guy, i ve never seen him back down
so the insanity level of this jump was up there, for sure. do more, you can t even see it. pour the lighter fluid. hell yeah! as chris tries to light the bush on fire, cameras roll from above and below. power that all over there. jay jones is one of the teens filming. i was in between the bush and chris on top of the cliff filming. i guess mainly the only thing i was worried about was getting the bush lit on fire. i ve seen chris jump over that bush before. you can hear jay shouting to make the fire bigger. that s not enough. first we tried lighter fluid. and it wasn t making a dramatic enough effect on the bush. so then it turned to the gas. now you got to light it again. we struggle for awhile to get it lit. just before chris is about to jump, spectators on a boat offer up another challenge.