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Is critical to our security interest." could you please explain why a strong and independent ukraine is so critical, and why it is so vital u.s. interests? >> we sometimes refer to ukraine as our front line state. on the front line of europe. they have actually described to me, the ukrainians, that it is -- they consider themselves as a barrier between russian aggression and europe. what i have heard them describe is a need for u.s. support in order to serve this role, in order to protect european and western security. >> lieutenant colonel, this is not just a theoretical conflict between ukra...

Quote, a strong and independent ukraine is critical to our security interests. could you please explain why a strong and independent ukraine is so critical and why it is so vital to us interest.s. interes? >> we sometimes refer to ukraine as a front line state. it's on the front line of europe, it's -- they have actually described it to me, the ukrainians, that it is a -- they consider themselves as a barrier between russian aggression and europe. and what i've heard them describe is the need for u.s. support in order to serve this role, in order to protect european and western security. >> li...

Agree with that? >> no. the constitution says, of course, that presidents and other officials are impeachable for treason, bribery or other high crimes or misdemeanors. one of the principal high crimes and misdemeanors that traditionally has been impeachable is an abuse of power. and the narrative that is being laid out in increasing detail up on capitol hill is one of abuse of power. the president of the united states using the great power of the united states, the great power of his office to extort from a vulnerable front line state threatened by russian aggression, investigations or at lea...

Here you have the ambassador to the e.u. saying the president doesn't care about any of that. he just cares about getting ukraine to investigate joe biden. >> yeah. certainly ukraine is a very important streeng partner for the united states. it is a front line state. it has the russian bear breathing down its neck and it has been invaded. it is at war with russia and russia annexed it. the only way it can stand up against russia is with the united states' help. the whoa idea of quid pro quo is a little silly because, you know, i was in ukraine back in the protests and it was quite clear that t...

The -- because of the importance of security assistance, that we had just described and had a conversation with the chairman, because that was so important, that security assistance was so important for ukraine, as well as our own national interest, to withhold that assistance for no good reason other than help with a political campaign, made no sense. it was -- it was counterproductive to all of what we had been trying to do. it was illogical. it could not be explained. it was crazy. >> when you say all of what we were trying to do, what do you mean by we? >> i mean that the united states was...