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Pompeo Criticized for Failing to Support Ousted US Ambassador to Ukraine

Cindy Saine

   STATE DEPARTMENT - Several senior U.S. diplomats, including former
   Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, are key witnesses in the
   impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Trump is accused of
   having withheld U.S. military aid to Ukraine until that country's new
   president agreed to investigate one of Trump's political opponents,
   former Vice President and current presidential candidate Joe Biden. As
   transcripts from diplomats' closed-door Capitol Hill hearings are
   released, many are questioning why Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did
   not shield or even support Yovanovitch from an administration campaign
   that led to her eventual ouster.

   Then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Yovanovitch told lawmakers in sworn
   testimony she was shocked to get a phone call in the middle of the
   night, telling her to leave her post and take the next plane home.
   WATCH: Cindy Saine's video report

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