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Issue that would meet the conditionality. >> the dod did meet, say they met the certification. >> yes, sir. i think it may have within in the july time frame. >> thank you. so. >> its interesting and curious that were talking about hearsay evidence, that is extraordinary to me that the committee has been able to get as much information that they had, direct or hearsay, given the obstruction. you gentlemen were both asked by the state department not to appear for your depositions. is that correct...

Administration, theres ukraine. invaded by russia for whom we are the most important ally and the most important source of support including specifically the most important source of military support, and people inside the u.s. government who understand what that country is going through and why we support them and how important that is to us and them, i mean, theyre at their whits end. they cant quite believe this is happening the way its happening. i mean, heres laura cooper. "so dod, the defe...

Service. and we thank you for carrying on the legacy of american valor. steve: tell us about what happened that day that the president honored you. >> the president of the united states allowed me to take 32 of my family, my brothers in third platoon alpha company on the stage with me. i got to share that moment with them. we did it together. we should share it together. one of the most special moments of my life. bringing all those guys. we are all different. we vote different. we think differe...

Only that the chief of staffs office has ordered that the aid not be released. over time, then, she describes discussions with dod and this interagency process of the u.s. government to figure out why this happened and whether they can reverse-engineer a way somehow that its legal. they struggle to come up with what possible reasoning there could be. checking off, you know, that ukraine had met these other anti-corruption goals that had been set for it. that indeed this was money legally mandate...

Republican questioning because there isnt any.an its like theres just nothing there.e republicans dont release highlights of the deposition because there are no republican highlights of the depositions. one of the things that the republican committee council spent a great deal of time on ts was the question of a subpoena to ambassador taylor. and he clarified in there -- by the way, totally irrelevant, right? like why use your time on that? >> right. >> but for our purposes right now, he clarifi...

Was the question of a subpoena to ambassador taylor. and he clarified in there -- by the way, totally irrelevant, right? why use your time on that? but for our purposes right now, he clarified in there when ambassador taylor did get a subpoena, the state department did not say to him defy the subpoena. at that point the state department pulled back and said -- just sort of pulled away from that. but before they got the subpoena the state department goes hands-off. so thats one process that was r...

What if any exposure does volker have? >> i dont think he has any criminal exposure, certainly not. hes a witness. hes a classic witness. sometimes your witnesses have done things you prefer that they had not done, that doesnt mean we prosecute them and i think mr. volker is going to be absolutely fine. but to elises point, good people get singed, some beam get obliterated. i was struck by what you read from mr. volker, how many people in the dod and the white house and on the national security ...

Obligations of pup lick servibl meant. and it was a very lawyerly place. >> yeah, the president and vice president were lawyers, the most feared line for someone that was a lawyer in the administration is when a nonlawyer with a law degree starts with "i know im not supposed to practice law, but --." and then they tell you about the law. >> they ran an analysis when the president was withholding the aid, and they question whether or not it is legal. youre the general council for d.o.d. what if y...

Military aid to ukraine. so dod, the experts on this had concluded sufficient steps of corruption to release the money, and the presidents counter manderring of that is unmoored in the founding that the dod had found. >> all right. how about this, and tom cole, another republican congressman saying that because of the efforts to investigate biden did not succeed, there was no quid pro quo, and this is what he says. >> we know that the president says there is no quid pro quo and we know that the ...

Might he change back again? and would that be to your liking, if he reconstitutes the mission? >> so, in foreign policy and national security policy, when you make a decision that is ill-informed, ill-considered, you dont then preserve your options down the road. so the president seems to think that he preserves options. he said, when he said were pulling out of syria, said we can go back in and blast isis if they come back. actually, you cant, because it took many years to build up this very ca...