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averting a shutdown. congress gets back to work. and an old problem needs solving again. muddy and messy. deplorable conditions at the burning man festival. ukraine shakes up its military leadership. how a new defense minister could make a difference in the war with russia. the u.s. senate returns to washington today facing a packed schedule and a ticking clock. pressure is building on the u.s. capital, lawmakers a few weeks left to make a deal and avoid g shutdown. members of the u.s. house aren t back until next week, but conservative republican hardliners are already pressuring house speaker kevin mccarthy to stick to strict guidelines on any deal. they don t want to make any concessions, but mccarthy and the white house are seeking a short-term bill that would put a band-aid on the problem for now, moving the issue months down the road. cnn s priscilla alvarez has more details on those negotiations. reporter: as congress returns from recess this month, the w ....
today s proceedings. i would like to recap my recognition of the timeline in which these events played out. i testified about all of this at length in my deposition. in july, i became aware of a hold being an obligation of the state department s foreign military financing and dod s usai funds. in a series of interagency meetings, i heard that the president had directed the office of of management and budget to hold the funds becausf his concerns about corruption in ukraine. let me say at the outset that i have never discussed this or any other matter with the president and never heard directly from him about this matter. at a senior level meeting i attended on july 26, chaired by national security council leadership, as at all other interagency meetings on this topic of which i was aware, the national security community expressed unanimous support for resuming the funding as in the u.s. national security interest. at the july 26 meeting, there was a discussion of how ukrainian ....
this brings me to the topic of today s proceedings. i would like to recap my recollection of the timeline in which these events played out. i testified about all of this at length in my deposition. in july, i became aware of a hold being placed on obligation of the state department s military financing or fmf and dod s usai fund. in meetings i heard the president directed the office of management and budget to hold the funds because of his concern for corruption in ukraine. let me say at the outset i have never discussed this or any other matter with the president and never heard directly from him about this matter. at a senior level meeting i attended july 26th chaired by national council security leadership as in all other interagency meetings on this topic of which i was wear, the national security community expressed unanimous support for resuming funding in the u.s. national security interests. at the july 26th meeting there was also a discussion how ukrainian anti-corrup ....