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former colleagues were involved with state department funds, placing biolabs all over the world? i mean, in places that are a little dicey. i would say. are you even aware of that? i mean, it sounds like after what happened in wuhan we should know where these biolabs are, what the safety situation is, if we're still funding it, what type of research is being done. this is so risky. don't you think? >> >> it is. i was certainly aware of the concern we had after the fall of the soviet union about the nuclear weapons, the bioweapons, and the chemical weapons that the soviet union did possess. and we were trying to gain control over of those things. i'mware of that i was surprised of the number of labs and different locations they are. in we are certainly checking into it as you have attempted to do as well. >> jesse: all right. well, i hope we get a handle on.
WorldPlacesBiolabsColleaguesDiceyState-department-fundsItResearchWuhanSafety-situationTypeWeaponsin order to secure a decision from the president to allow the funds to go forward. >> did you tell ambassador bolton about this conversation as well? >> i did. yes. >> and what did he say to you. >> he said to tell the lawyers. >> and why did he say to tell the lawyers. >> he did not explain his direction. >> but he doesn't tell you to go tell the lawyers because you're running up on the eight-day deadline there, right? >> again, i don't know why he directed that. but it seemed reasonable and consistent with what i was going to do anyway. >> and you weren't going to go tell them because of the concern, right? you were concerned about what you were hearing ba -- hearing ambassador sondland relay to you. >> correct. >> so just so we're clear, you reported two concerning conversations with ambassador sondland to the lawyers in early september in which you understood from him that the president was with holding security assistance as additional leverage to get ukraine to publicly announce the specific political investigations that president trump had discussed on the july
Zelensky-inaugurationYesConversationOrderAmbassadorDecisionState-department-fundsLawyersDirectionWeren-tEightSondlandpresident zelensky had to make the statement and that he to want to do it. >> and by that point did you understand that the statement related to the biden and 2016 investigations? >> i think i did, yes. >> and that that was a -- essentially a condition for the security assistance to be released? >> i understood that is what ambassador sondland believed. >> after speaking with president trump? >> that is what he represented. >> now you testified that hearing this information gave you a sinking feeling. why was that? >> well, i believe if we're on september 7, the end of the fiscal year is september 30th and these are one-year dollars and the d.o.d. and department of state funds so we only had so much time and, in fact, because congress imposed a 15 day notification requirement on the state department funds, september 7th and september 30th that really means september 15th
Jd-bidenZelensky-inaugurationStatementInvestigationsYesPoint2016SondlandPresidentTrump-didn-tSecurity-assistanceConditionhad to make the statement and he had to want to do it. >> and by that point, did you understand that the statement related to the biden in 2016 investigations? >> i think i did, yes. >> and that was essentially a condition for the security assistance to be released? >> i understood that that is what ambassador sondland believed. >> after speaking with president trump? >> what he represented. >> you said it gave me a sinking feeling. why was that? >> if we are all on september 7th, the end of the fiscal year, september 30th, these are one year dollars. the dod and the department of state funds. we only had so much time. in fact, because congress imposed a 15-day notification requirement on the state department funds, september 7th, september 30th, that really mean
Vice-president-bidenStatementPoint2016SondlandPresidentInvestigationsTrumpYesConditionSecurity-assistanceThe-end>> if i recall this conversation correctly, he this is where ambassador sondland related there was no quid pro quo but president zelenskyy had to make the statement and he had a it want to do it. >> and by that point did you understand that the statement related to the biden and 2016 investigations? >> i think i did, yes. >> and that was essentially a condition for this security assistance to be released? >> i understood that's what ambassador sondland believed. >> after speaking with president trump? >> that's what he represented. >> now you testified that hearing this information gave you a sinking feeling. why was that? >> well, i believe if we're on september 7, the end of of the fiscal year is september 30th. these are one-year dollars. the dod and the department of state funds. so we only had so much time. and in fact because congress imposed a 15-day notification requirement on the state department funds, september 7th,
Ze-zelenskyySondlandJoe-bidenPresidentStatementConversationItPointQuid-pro-quo2016InvestigationsTrumpgone. "and there it was, to me, anyway, in my experience, it was the first time it was stated very clearly that, yes, it is both the military funds and the state department funds that are both affected by this whole and that it relates to the president's concerns." what kind of concerns? the president's concerns about corruption. oh, yes. president trump is very concerned about corruption, why he centric perry to go over there to the inauguration with the piece of paper in his pockets with the names of his political donors he wants to get in on that 50-year ukrainian gas contract. whoo! because the u.s. government's really concerned about corruption. in ukraine. yeah, that ukrainian government, they're very corrupt. so this testimony from the senior pentagon official, we just got the transcript of it today, now indicates that it was the president's instruction that was holding up both the u.s. aid for ukraine from the state department and the u.s. aid for
PresidentTime-of-your-lifeFundsConcernsState-department-fundsExperiencePresident-trumpCorruptionKindYesHe-centric-perryUkraineare important, too, and why are those being held up? and sure enough, july 25th, the day of the call between president trump and the president of ukraine, here comes the hammer. she gets a legal document at the defense department explaining that, in fact, the military aid is being frozen, too, on orders from the white house. and then the day after the phone call, july 26th, she's back up at the white house for another meeting and all ambiguity is gone. "and there it was, to me, anyway, in my experience, it was the first time it was stated very clearly that, yes, it is both the military funds and the state department funds that are both affected by this hold and that it relates to the president's concerns. what kind of concerns? "the president's concerns about corruption." oh, yes. president trump is very concerned about corruption, why he cent sent rick perry over
UkrainePresidentPresident-trumpMilitary-aidYeen-senior-defense-departmentFactCallHammerDocumentJuly-25th25Potus-meetingplus, for a limited time, get a $250 prepaid card when you buy any new samsung. xfinity mobile. it's a new kind of network designed to save you money. click, call, or visit an xfinity store today. >> maria: welcome back. president trump freezing with a $200 million of state department funds. is a recovery of rates in syria. after two members of the us-led coalition fighting there were killed. after the off-the-cuff comment during speech in ohio this week ãtroops would be quote - out of syria quote - very soon. retired four-star general, chairman of the institute for war instituted analyst, general always a pleasure to see you thank you for joining us. >> happy easter. good to see you. >> maria: we have spoken a lot about president obama pulling out of iraq too soon and
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