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Investigate without spending time investigating a debunked conspiracy theory? >> theres all kinds of corruption to investigate in ukraine. >> but nonetheless you proposed they go ahead and do this investigation with something you thought was thought merit because this was part of an effort to fix the problem giuliani was creating? >> i did not propose it. >> well i think you said you were okay with it or you amended statements to include it because if it would help fix the giuliani problem, was ...

That correct? >> that is correct. >> do you think the ukrainians had similar understanding? >> yes, i do. theres also a perception that when ambassador yovanovitch, who weve all, you know, heard 33 years of being an awesome ambassador, that when she left kiev that the u.s. position on corruption would weaken. thats kind of a narrative thats floating around. who was the person that took over for her in the interim? >> immediately after masha was joe penningten. >> was this individual strong or we...