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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 to mean both his public commentary, so publicly calling for investigations into 2016, burisma, and hu...

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." >> that's correct. >> and would you agree that this is a critical aspect on a policy to the ukraine? >> i would. >> lieutenant colonel vindman, you are aware that the anticorruption investigation partnered between the u.s. and the ...

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 don't believe so. >> so is it odd that he didn't 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 assurances from the ukraine about anticorruption efforts, and the facts on the ground it did not chang...

Important change to ukrainian law? and you don't believe in that corruption effort? >> president zelensky with this new parliament opens ukraine's 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 it was just the one time, multiple engagements but just the one trip. >> and they were all -- the...

Cited? >> that was -- i'm sorry, july 21st 2019. >> and they weren't properly seated until august? >> that's right. >> your boss' boss and ambassador bolton traveled to the ukraine in late august. is that correct? >> that's 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 ukrainian constitution to remove absolute immunity from retta deputies. right there, some of their pa...