Lara, first off: Why was Ms. Yovanovitch such a striking and important witness? Grace Kennan Warnecke, the daughter of the famous American diplomat George Kennan, sat directly behind Ms. Yovanovitch — a public show of the support she has within the Foreign Service. She is revered particularly among female Foreign Service officers. These career diplomats who have testified in the impeachment inquiry have collectively said much of what most active Foreign Service officers cannot say publicly, for fear of career suicide. The diplomats say that it’s an irregular approach that is precisely what they encourage other governments not to do.

Source: New York Times November 16, 2019 00:45 UTC