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For the vice president's participation in the inauguration. dr. hill testified that she had no knowledge that the vice president was directed not to attend. on may 16th, the outgoing ukranian parliament scheduled the inauguration for may 20th, only four days later. may 20th was not one of the three dates that vice president pence's office had provided for his availability. williams testified that this early date surprised the vice president's office because we weren't expecting the ukranians to look at that time frame. george kent at the state department said that this short notice from the uk...

For the vice president's participation in the inauguration. dr. hill testified that she had no knowledge the vice president was directed not to attend. on may 16th, the outgoing ukrainian parliament scheduled the inauguration for may 20th and only four days later, may 20th was not one of the three days that vice president pence's office had provided for his availability. williams testified that there is early date surprise the vice president's office because we weren't expecting the ukrainians to look at their time frame. george kent at the state department said the short notice from the ukrai...

Factors created a narrow window for the vice president's participation in the inauguration. dr. hill testified that she had no knowledge that the vice president wasno directed not to attend. on may 16th, the outgoing ukrainian parliament scheduled the inauguration for may 20th, only four days later. may 20th was not one of the three dates that vice president pence's officeth had provided f his availability. williams testified that this early datefi surprised the vice president's office because we weren't expecting the ukrainians to look at that time frame. george kent said the short notice fro...

It was on may 16th -- and by this point in time, the vice president had been rerouted about a trip to canada from the u.s., and i wanted to ask you that you don't have any evidence that the vice president was encouraged not to attend for any other reason, do you? >> i personally do not, but again, i defer to ms. williams. >> miss williams' testimony was that she heard from the chief of staff's assistant that the vice president was not able to go. the reason for that was related to any of these investigations. i just want to note for the materials you provided for your

Others hoped the vice president would be able to attend, although i know from my perspective because i was not involved intimately in million discussions with the vice president for his immediate staff, was that there was questions about the schedule. as you all know, the president and vice president cannot be out of the country at the same time, and there were some questions about presidential travel in the same time frame. there was quite a bit of back-and-forth as to whether it would be really feasible for the vice president in that time frame to go. so that's what i was aware of. i was goi...