In his first briefing since the start of public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to defend State Department officials who have been attacked by President Trump
"I'm not going to get into the issues surrounding the Democrat impeachment inquiry," Pompeo told reporters at the State Department Monday, instead offering sparse praise for the diplomatic corps as a whole."I always defend State Department employees. It's the greatest diplomatic corps in the history of the world. Very proud of the team," he said.
"Yovanovitch offers a stirring tribute to the foreign service -- and a warning about its future -- amid attacks Pompeo suggested that Yovanovitch's sudden and premature removal from her post in Kiev was not for"some nefarious purpose" because she was replaced by Ambassador Bill Taylor -- both of whom he conceded had"been driving towards the appropriate Ukraine policy.
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