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I think this just illustrates the point and the problem that we're dealing with here today. >> certainly. i was also struck by your testimony that you were also the target of false accusations during your time in the trump administration. you testified, mamerabout being accused as a mole in the white house. you testified about death threats at your home. >> that was in august 2017. >> i'm sorry you had to go through all of this, ma'am. you are not easily deterred, are you, dr. hill? >> i am not. >> thank you, both, for your service. >> thank the gentleman for yielding. my caution to both of yo...

Had become quite apparent that the president wasn't very keen on having a meeting with mr. zelensky for all the reasons we are trying to lay out today. you raise the expectation of an invitation coming shortly. >> dr. hill, you also testified, ma'am, that ambassador sondland was frequently meeting with mr. mulvaney. mr. giuliani's campaign of lies ultimately led to ambassador yovanovitch being recalled from her post in april 2019. her removal was pretty despa despairaging. can you explain this to us? >> as we all made clear ambassador yovanovitch a person of great integrity. one of our career ...

Which as you stated today is an important strategic deterrent to russia. i want to highlight on the record, this has been asked, javelins were provided by the trump administration and not the obama administration. correct? >> that's correct. i would just say we discussed importance of all security assistance to ukraine. >> that's right. thank you for being the host on that. dr. hill, back to you, there's discussion about process of scheduling the meeting between president zelensky and president trump. and you testified that there was hesitancy to schedule the meeting until after the ukranian p...

Conjunction with the embassy in kiev and an action plan. this are things that they were basically moving forward on the various issues that were on the list of items. rudy giuliani and other people didn't care at all about this. ambassador sondland wasn't particularly interested in it either. it is quite boring. wouldn't make for good copy in the press and the kind of thing that everybody in the routine would move forward on. >> mr. holmes, you talked about the extraordinary power that russia tries to assert against ukraine. since president zelensky never got his white house meeting, doesn't t...

Been reporting on this and all of the details. thank you to both of you. ambassador, lafayette et me sta you. president zelensky says ukraine is ready to cooperate with the united states on defense. the president says quote "i would like you to do us a favor though." tell me what it means to you. >> the ukrainians are fighting for their lives. zelensky needed that $391 million and u.s. military assistance. the absence of the president saying in this summary of the conversation hey, i am going to withhold the $391 million until you investigate joe biden. the absence of that is immaterial. zelen...