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Can Marie Yovanovitch testify tomorrow if she wants to? (Original Post) Native Oct 2019 OP
Ok. I googled her, I did not know her name irisblue Oct 2019 #1
She should be able to testify NewJeffCT Oct 2019 #2
I bet Marie has some good stories to tell Pachamama Oct 2019 #3
this bit of info makes me hopeful Ms. Yovanovitch will feel free to tell all, Native: Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #4
Yes. H2O Man Oct 2019 #5
I sure hope she can and does mcar Oct 2019 #6
I'm hoping that as a professor now she'll be even more Native Oct 2019 #7

irisblue

(32,980 posts)
1. Ok. I googled her, I did not know her name
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 02:37 PM
Oct 2019

From wiki--"Marie Louise Yovanovitch is a member of the United States Foreign Service who served as the 9th United States Ambassador to Ukraine. She was nominated to the post on May 18, 2016, to replace Geoff Pyatt; was sworn in on August 18, 2016; and was recalled as of May 20, 2019."

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
4. this bit of info makes me hopeful Ms. Yovanovitch will feel free to tell all, Native:
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 03:36 PM
Oct 2019

The Ukraine scandal has already caused at least one casualty among the department’s civil servants: Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, who was removed from her post two months before her tour was up. Trump and Giuliani perceived Yovanovitch as insufficiently supportive of the effort to dig up dirt on Biden and his son, according to the whistleblower complaint. Pompeo did not respond to questions from reporters leveled at him as he left the briefing Thursday on why he removed Yovanovitch.

In the July 25 call, Trump described Yovanovitch as “bad news,” but current and former diplomats rushed to her defense, describing her as a consummate foreign service officer who was pushing for anti-corruption reforms in Kyiv before she was removed from her job.



https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/26/trump-impeachment-inquiry-puts-state-department-in-the-crosshairs

Native

(5,942 posts)
7. I'm hoping that as a professor now she'll be even more
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 04:01 PM
Oct 2019

cognizant of setting an example for her students. I'd love to see a woman lead this charge.

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