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Pope Francis arrives for an interreligious meeting on the plain of Ur near Nasiriyah, Iraq, March 6. (CNS/Paul Haring) UR, IRAQ — Invoking the shared origins of Christians, Muslims and Jews steps from the Ziggurat ruins of the ancient city that the Prophet Abraham once called home, Pope Francis March 6 called on Iraqs religious leaders to help the country heal and rebuild following decades of violence. In a potent address only about a month after the countrys capital suffere...

Who is the associate director for national security programs to the deputy secretary of defense, sends this e-mail. quote, given the sensitive nature of the request i appreciate you keeping that information closely held to those who need to know to execute direction. he knew that something was amiss and people shouldnt talk about it but he was going to have to execute this order. fast forward to september 11th, i guess however, 55 days or whatever it was later, they decide to release it after th...

With trying to freeze this aid, hes the society director of national security programs. he says, given the sensitive nature of the request, i appreciate your keeping that information closely held to those who need to know to execute direction. in other words, he knows that the idea that his freezing these aid that was congressionally approved and signed off on by the sick tear of state and secretary of defense, he knows this is trouble. >> oh, absolutely. and listen. look, first of all, credit w...

Youve seen this letter sent today from senator chuck schumer to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. what and who is he asking for? >> reporter: much of the conversation in washington around impeachment these days has been around senate republicans coalescing around this idea of a shorter trial with no witnesses as they move forward with impeachment. but now were hearing from the top democrat chuck schumer, and he is offering his pitch for how the senate trial should be run, and it runs count...

The white house have started coalescing around this notion of a shorter trial that would have no witnesses. but just as that is happening, weve now heard from the senate minority leader, the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer, and he is making his pitch for what he would like to see in a senate trial. and it involves witnesses. it involves subpoenaing documents. four key witnesses that senate democrats want senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the republicans to agree to bring forwa...

See in a senate trial. and it involves witnesses. it involves subpoenaing documents. four key witnesses that senate democrats want senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the republicans to agree to bring forward and subpoena in a senate trial. they are the white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, his senior adviser robert blair, the former national security adviser john bolton, as well as michael duffy, who is the associate director for national security programs. hes one of those officials...

Have knowledge of this ukraine scandal. the white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, his senior advisor, robert blaire, the former national security advisor, john bolton as well as michael duffy who is the associate director of national security programs. one of those officials who signed off on several of the documents authorizing that hold on $400 million on aid to ukraine. chuck schumer is also asking for the senate to subpoena key documents that house investigators were not able to obtain f...

Senate trial, heres a look at his wish list in terms of people he would like to hear from, acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, john bolton, the former national security advisor, michael duffy, office of management and budget official who deals with national security programs, and robert blair, senior advisor to mulvaney who was on president trumps ukraine culprit here is more from schumer a short time ago. to speak of these people know better than anybody else, the facts. there is n...

An unprecedented decision by president trump for a total blockade of the house impeachment inquiry. "some of the accusations are in fact holdovers from an earlier disingenuous attempt by the majority to weaponized the russia collusion investigations for political gain." a key republican senator says these impeachment charges are not what democrats promised. >> there is no article of impeachment on bribery, instead what they are arguing is they can impeach with zero evidence of a crime, they dont...

Points on the probe. specifically the decision to release the aid in early september and his denial to eu gordon sondland. that there was no quid pro quo. and the white house has declined to comment. meantime, a summary of documents produced by the house budget committee shows the white house office of management and budget made its first official move to withhold ukraine aid on july 25th, the same day president trump spoke to his ukrainian counterpart over the phone. the documents also show w...