WASHINGTON — “In my line of work, perhaps in your line of work as well, all we have is our reputation,” Marie L. Yovanovitch, the ousted American ambassador to Ukraine, said on Friday. “This has been a very painful period.”It was just after 9 a.m. and the career diplomat and self-declared “private person” found herself engulfed in a ritual camera burst. She had entered the hearing room by a side door, as if she could avoid a fuss. Known as Masha, Ms. Yovanovitch, 61, looked every bit the outsider in a dangerous village. She exited nearly seven hours later — after a presidential tweet denigrating her drew gasps from the audience — to applause.

Source: New York Times November 16, 2019 01:31 UTC