But over and over again, Yovanovitch sought to turn the focus away from her personally and back on the larger implications of her ouster. “After these events, what foreign official, corrupt or not, could be blamed for wondering whether the ambassador represents the president’s views? “Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad,” he tweeted about a woman who served in Somalia, Armenia and Uzbekistan. ADBut throughout the hearing, Yovanovitch was steely in her defense of the diplomats and institutions that promote U.S. policy abroad without weapons. ), a former CIA officer who is seen as a potential wild card in the GOP on impeachment, applauded Yovanovitch.

Source: Washington Post November 15, 2019 23:45 UTC