ambassador bolden expressed his concerns and instructed dr. fiona hill, your supervisor, to also meet with the same white house lawyers to tell them what happened. colonel vindman, i agree there was no question that investor sondland was proposing a transaction to ukrainian officials, trading white house meetings for specific investigations. but the full awareness of the president s chief of staff, white house attorneys and his national security advisors. in my view, sir, that s appalling. i yield to the chairman. thank you gentlemen. i would just point out as where thawell that when the matter dos come, the white house through its counsel have the opportunity to make a submission to the judiciary committee. i now turn to dr. wentz trip. thank you mr. chairman. lieutenant colonel, thanks very much for being here as an army colonel who served a year in