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To that point, is it fair to say that the president has wanted to ensure american taxpayer money was being effectively and efficiently spent outside of the united states? >> yes. that is the broad intent of the foreign assistance review, among other goals. >> has the president expressed he expects our allies to give their fair share of foreign aid by evidence of a point he raised during the july 25th phone call to president zelensky to that effect? >> burden sharing is an element of the foreign assistance review. >> is it fair to say that u.s. aid is when would from foreign countries for a num...

Knowledge the president genuinely believed that, right? >> i believe he was concerned about it. i don't know what he actually believed but he brought it up. >> okay. and mr. morrison, you were also aware of the president's skeptical view of foreign aid generally? >> yes. >> and that there was initiative that he was looking at foreign aid pretty broadly? >> yes. >> and trying to executinize to make sure the u.s. taxpayers were getting their monies worth? >> yes. >> and the president was also interested, was he not, in better understanding opportunities for increased burden sharing among the eur...

Knowledge, the president actually believe that? >> i believe that he was concerned about it. i don't know what he actually believed, but he brought it up. >> and mr. morrison, you are also aware of the president skeptical view of foreign aid, generally? >> yes. >> that there was an initiative that he was looking at foreign aid pretty broadly? >> yes. >> i'm trying to scrutinize and make sure that the u.s. taxpayers were getting their money's worth? >> yes. >> the president was also interested in better understanding opportunities for increased burden sharing among the europeans? >> yes. >> wha...

Is spent wisely? >> that is correct. >> and you're also aware the president has concerns about burden sharing among our allies? >> yes. >> and with respect to ukraine, he was -- he was very interested and engaged in seeing if there a possibility for our european allies to step up and contribute more? >> yes, i think that would be in the context of military assistance. in terms of burden sharing, the european union provides over $15 billion. >> okay. >> has provided since 2014. >> but you are aware of the president's concern of burden sharing, right? >> yes, i am. >> turning our attention speci...

Ukrainian prosecutor general. >> and to the best of your knowledge, the president genuinely believed that, right? >> i believe he was concerned about it. i don't know what he actually believed. but he brought it up. >> okay. and mr. morrison, you were also aware of the president's skeptical view of foreign aid generally? >> yes. >> and that there was an initiative that he was looking at foreign aid pretty broadly? >> yes. >> and trying to scrutinize to make sure the u.s. taxpayers were getting their money's worth? >> yes. >> and the president was also interested, was he not, in better understa...