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That is correct. You explained earlier that your job in the white house was to coordinate United States and Ukraine Policy, is that right . It is to coordinate United States policy visavis ukraine, correct. You testified in the spring of this year that these officials, these ukrainian officials began asking you, quote, advice on how to respond to mr. Giulianis advances, end quote. Is that correct . That is correct. What do you understand they meant by mr. Giulianis advances . I understood that t...

Investors assessment? >> yes. >> and ms. williams, corruption was such an issue that when you prepared the vice president for his congratulation call, you testified that the point you wanted to communicate on the call were the following. "look forward to seeing president zelensky really implement on the agenda on which he had run, related to anticorruption reforms." >> thats correct. >> and would you agree that this is a critical aspect on a policy to the ukraine? >> i would. >> lieutenant colon...

Talking points for a number of people, is that correct? >> if that is correct. >> do they always use them? >> no. >> is president trump known to stick to a script? >> i dont believe so. >> so is it odd that he didnt use your talking points? >> no it is not. >> in your deposition, if your lawyer wants to follow along its page three oh six. you asked about events during the temporary hold on u.s. assistance to the ukraine, and you testified that the u.s. administration did not receive any new assu...

Important change to ukrainian law? and you dont believe in that corruption effort? >> president zelensky with this new parliament opens ukraines high anticorruption court. this had been an initiative that many folks and you in our state apartment had been pushing to happen, and that was established in that time frame. were you aware of this? >> yes. >> do you think this was significant anticorruption? >> i do. >> when you talked about -- how many times have you met president zelensky? >> i think...

Cited? >> that was -- im sorry, july 21st 2019. >> and they werent properly seated until august? >> thats right. >> your boss boss and ambassador bolton traveled to the ukraine in late august. is that correct? >> thats correct. and did he take you with him? >> he did not. >> when investor bolton was there he met with president zelensky and his staff and they talked about how there were visually exhausted. one of the things that president zelensky did during that time period was change the ukrain...

Im just telling you, the ranking member -- no disrespect to you. id like to go back to your previous testimony earlier today. much has been talked about as we have discussed between the president trump and president zelensky on the word favor. and of this being interpreted as a basis for impeachment. i can paraphrase and feel free to correct me, you said in the military culture which you and i are both familiar with, when a superior officer asked for a favor, they will interpret that as a demand...

Let people off the hook? >> im not an attorney but it doesnt seem so. >> i dont think your brother would think so either. your -- a voracious reader of his intelligence read a book and after the april 21 call with president zelensky you put a transcript of that call in the vice presidents read book, correct? >> thats correct. >> then the vice president called president zelensky two days later. you told us in the deposition that he stuck pretty faithfully to what president trump had said in that ...

Is president trump a member of the military? is president zelensky a member of the military? >> i dont believe so. i dont know. >> he is not. >> would it be fair then to take a person who has never served in the military and to take your reevaluation of their words based on your military experience and your military culture and to attach that culture and the meaning of those words to someone who has never served? >> representative, i made that judgment and i stick by that judgment. >> i have to ...

President trumps talking points? >> i would say i provided talking points for the vice president for the april 23rd call which included the discussion of president zelenskys inauguration which president trump had also discussed with president zelensky. i would say vice president discussed other issues as well. >> and was stated earlier, the president sets of foreign policy for the united states, is that right? >> absolutely. you said after the call, you put the call transcript in vice president ...

Eliminated the fact that either marginalized me as a military officer or -- >> listen, im just telling you that the ranking member met no disrespect to you. >> i believe that. >> i would like to go back to your previous testimony earlier today. much has been talked about as weve discussed between president trump and president zelensky and the word "favor." and this being interpreted as a basis for impeachment. your interpretation of the word "favor," and ill paraphrase you, feel free to correct ...