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Trump ousts top defense official who certified Ukraine aid
the intelligencer ^ | Updated 3:51 pm CST, Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Posted on 02/19/2020 2:05:17 PM PST by cann

President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon's top policy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administration's release of congressionally authorized aid to Kyiv in its conflict against Russian-backed separatists.

John Rood resigned Wednesday, saying he was leaving at Trump's request.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: again; ukraine

1 posted on 02/19/2020 2:05:17 PM PST by cann
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To: cann

Winning!


2 posted on 02/19/2020 2:07:24 PM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: cann

...showing that Trump’s “show me you’re serious about anti-corruption” implication on the “perfect call” was, in fact, a good reason to stall payments? (and a reason that was hard to articulate & argue about formally under ICA at that.)


3 posted on 02/19/2020 2:07:50 PM PST by ctdonath2 (Democrats oppose democracy.)
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To: cann

Hahaha. Yet another seditious bum bites the dust.


4 posted on 02/19/2020 2:08:12 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: cann

So we really do not know if President Trump wanted him to go because of Ukraine or not. Just another way of accusing President Trump of something based on assumption, rather than fact based.


5 posted on 02/19/2020 2:12:44 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: cann

1 down. A thousand more to go.


6 posted on 02/19/2020 3:40:07 PM PST by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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